Date: | Thursday 27 February 1975 |
Time: | 06:23 |
Type: | Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante |
Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
Registration: | PP-SBE |
MSN: | 110021 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km NW of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) -
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
Destination airport: | Bauru Airport, SP (BAU/SBBU) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:VASP flight 640 took off from runway 34 at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, Brazil. Shortly after takeoff the no.2 engine lost power. The pilot began a left hand turn in order to return to Congonhas. The aircraft lost altitude and impacted a residential area.
The airplane operated on a domestic flight to Bauru and Araçatuba Airport, SP (ARU).
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Flight International 06 March 1975 (350)
Chicago Tribune (Feb 28, 1975)
O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva
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