Narrative:
A Boeing 737-500 operated by Rio Sul sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF), Brazil.
None of the 108 occupants were injured.
The airplane was scheduled to land at Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU) but bad weather forced the crew to divert. The airplane touched down 70 m short of runway 16 during an ILS approach. The left hand main gear broke as it struck the raised lip of the runway.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 17 December 2001 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-53A |
| Operator: | Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais |
| Registration: | PT-SSI |
| MSN: | 24785/1882 |
| First flight: | 1990-06-18 (11 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 102 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 108 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brazil |
A Boeing 737-500 operated by Rio Sul sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF), Brazil.
None of the 108 occupants were injured.
The airplane was scheduled to land at Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU) but bad weather forced the crew to divert. The airplane touched down 70 m short of runway 16 during an ILS approach. The left hand main gear broke as it struck the raised lip of the runway.
Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» CENIPAPhotos
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 1990 | N35135 | Boeing | first flight |
| 13 July 1990 | F-GGML | Euralair International | delivered |
| 1 June 1992 | F-GGML | Air France | leased |
| 15 July 1995 | 5X-USM | Uganda Airlines | leased from AWAS |
| 17 Feb. 2000 | PT-SSI | Rio Sul | leased from AWAS |
| 17 Dec. 2001 | PT-SSI | Rio Sul | accident at Belo Horizonte, Brazil: left main gear broke when it undershot the runway on landing |
| 24 July 2005 | N785AW | AWAS | returned |
| 1 Sep. 2005 | YR-BAB | Blue Air | leased from AWAS |
| 17 May 2008 | LZ-BOY | Bulgaria Air | leased from AWAS |
| 18 Dec. 2008 | VQ-BBN | Tatarstan Air | leased from AWAS |
| 27 Nov. 2012 | VQ-BBN | Tatarstan Air | incident: returned to Kazan following loss of cabin pressure |
| 17 Nov. 2013 | VQ-BBN | Tatarstan Air | accident: crashed Kazan |
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 Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG as the crow flies is 349 km (218 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.
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