Narrative:
The pilot, who was under conversion training for the Caravelle III, made a very short approach and a violent touchdown before reaching the runway. The landing gear was seriously damaged, and on reaching the runway produced a tendency to swing to the left. Application of nose gear steering control partially corrected this until the landing gear collapsed on leaving the runway. A fire erupted, which destroyed the plane.
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1961 |
| Time: | 18:22 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VJD |
| MSN: | 15 |
| First flight: | 1959-11-26 (1 year 10 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 62 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Brasilia International Airport, DF (BSB) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| Brasília International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR), Brazil |
The pilot, who was under conversion training for the Caravelle III, made a very short approach and a violent touchdown before reaching the runway. The landing gear was seriously damaged, and on reaching the runway produced a tendency to swing to the left. Application of nose gear steering control partially corrected this until the landing gear collapsed on leaving the runway. A fire erupted, which destroyed the plane.
Classification:
Heavy landingLanding gear collapse
Runway mishap
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