Last updated: 22 January 2022
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Tuesday 8 August 2006 |
| Time: | 14:04 |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Operator: | TAM Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PT-MQN |
| MSN: | 11409 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | São Paulo ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 3040 |
TAM Flight 3040 departed Congonhas (CGH) at 13:47 on a flight to Rio de Janeiro (GIG). Shortly after takeoff from runway 35, the left front passenger door opened in flight and separated from the airplane. The door fell onto the roof of the Extra supermarket in the Avenida Ricardo Jafet. The airplane returned to the airport for a safe emergency landing.
Classification:
Passenger door failureForced landing on runway
Sources:
» Avião da TAM perde porta no vôo e retorna a Congonhas (Estadao.com, 8-8-2006)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 359 km (224 miles).
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 359 km (224 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
