Date:	Saturday 13 October 2012
Time:	18:52
Type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Owner/operator:	Centurion Air Cargo
Registration:	N988AR
MSN:	48434/476
Year of manufacture:	1991
Engine model:	General Electric CF6-80C2D1F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP) -   Brazil
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP/SBKP)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
An McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cargo plane, operated by Centurion Air Cargo, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP), Brazil.
Flight WE425 operated on a cargo flight from Miami International Airport, FL (MIA), USA. The flight crew performed the IFR ILS Z procedure for runway 15 at Viracopos Airport. The prevailing weather conditions were VMC. The wind was 140 degrees / 19kt. When the aircraft was cleared to land, the wind strength was 20kt, with peak gusts at 29kt. Upon touchdown there was total collapse of the left main landing gear and the aircraft skidded along the runway for 800 meters before the final stop, sustaining damage to the left landing gear, left wing, and left engine.

This same MD-11 was involved in an accident on October 20, 2009 when the right hand main landing gear leg was bent sideways during landing at Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD), Uruguay.

Contributing factors.
- Aircraft maintenance - undetermined.
In the tasks that led to the restoration of the aircraft airworthiness after the accident in Uruguay in 2009 (Hard-Landing), and also in subsequent periodic inspections, the existence of pre-crack traces resulting from a previous overload condition may not have been identified, something that could have resulted in a point of stress concentration.

20:00 UTC / 17:00 local time:
SBKP - 132000Z 13020KT 9999 FEW025 SCT030 BKN090 19/14 Q1020

21:00 UTC / 18:00 local time:
SBKP - 132100Z 14018KT 9999 FEW018 SCT030 BKN090 18/14 Q1020

22:00 UTC / 19:00 local time:
SBKP - 132200Z 13018G31KT 9999 FEW018 SCT045 BKN090 18/13 Q1020

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Other occurrences involving this aircraft

20 October 2009	N701GC	Centurion Air Cargo	0	Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD)		sub
17 September 2010	N988AR	Centurion Air Cargo	0	Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI)		non
Hydraulic system problem

photo (c) Leviescobar; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); 03 February 2011; (CC:by)

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