Date: | Sunday 26 January 2003 |
Time: | 14:15 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2M9 |
Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
Registration: | PP-SPJ |
MSN: | 21236/461 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 54989 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG) |
Destination airport: | Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The VASP Boeing 737 was approaching runway 06 when it entered a fog bank. The flight descended below MDA until hitting a tree. The plane then crash-landed, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft sustained severe structural damage.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | RF086/CENIPA/2005 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Bernd Jung, via Werner Fischdick; Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG); February 1999
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