Flugunfall 01 NOV 1961 einer Douglas DC-7C PP-PDO - Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Mittwoch 1 November 1961
Zeit:05:15 UTC
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-7C
Fluggesellschaft:Panair do Brasil
Kennzeichen: PP-PDO
Werknummer: 44872/643
Baujahr: 1955
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 7 / Insassen: 9
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 38 / Insassen: 79
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 45 / Insassen: 88
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:2,7 km (1.7 Meilen) NW of Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC) (   Brasilien)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Sal-Amilcar Cabral International Airport (SID/GVAC), Kap Verdische Inseln
Flug nach:Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brasilien
Unfallbericht:
The DC-7, operating on a flight from Lisbon to Recife via Ilha do Sal, approached Recife at night in good visibility. The crew apparently performed a direct entry into the base leg, flying too low and out of the regular traffic pattern, in spite of the fact that the pilot had reported on wind leg. The plane struck a 84 m high hill and broke up, 2720 m short of the runway 15 threshold and right of the extended centreline.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by pilot error, i.e. improper evaluation of distance, flying a non-standard traffic pattern by night and failing to observe altitude minima during the final approach.
A contributing cause was the improper night marking of obstructions along the approach path towards runway 15."

Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Circular 69-AN/61


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Distance from Sal-Amilcar Cabral International Airport to Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE as the crow flies is 3045 km (1903 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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