Date:	Friday 30 August 2002
Time:	10:45
Type:	Fokker 100
Owner/operator:	TAM Linhas Aéreas
Registration:	PT-MQH
MSN:	11512
Year of manufacture:	1994
Total airframe hrs:	21929 hours
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Birigui, SP -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU/SBGR)
Destination airport:	Campo Grande Internacional Airport, MS (CGR/SBCG)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The Fokker 100 plane departed São Paulo at 09:48 for a flight to Campo Grande. At cruising altitude, the crew noted "fuel filter" and "fuel low press" warnings for the no. 2 engine. They took action, but a little while later a fuel unbalance situation developed. The aircraft was losing fuel quickly, so the crew decided to divert to Araçatuba, SP (ARU), however both engines stopped due to fuel exhaustion when the aircraft still was still 16 miles from the airport. The crew carried out an emergency landing in a farm field. One cow was killed and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Preliminary reports say a fuel line to the no. 2 engine fuel pump snapped, causing a fuel leak.

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photo (c) Frank Ellemers collection; Birigui, SP; 30 August 2002

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Singapore-Changi Airport (SIN); 12 October 1997

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