Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 DEC 1958 |
| Time: | 12:09 |
| Type: | SAAB Scandia 90A-2 |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SQE |
| C/n / msn: | 90.103 |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 33 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 37 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
The Saab took off from Rio de Janeiro and was climbing through an altitude of 50m when the no. 1 engine failed. The pilot made a 90 degree left turn and started another left turn after flying straight on for about 500m. During that turn, the aircraft stalled and crashed into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to the pilot' incorrect handling of the controls in flight." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (246)
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Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 364 km (228 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 364 km (228 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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