Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1962 |
| Time: | 22:30 UTC |
| Type: | Convair CV-240-0 |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CEZ |
| C/n / msn: | 25 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,8 km (1.1 mls) NE of Vitoria-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT), Brazil |
The Convair struck a eucalyptus tree at a height of 40m, 1860m short of runway 23. At that point of the approach, the aircraft should have been at 150m agl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Approach not carried out in accordance with company procedures; misjudged distance from runway.
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (62-64)
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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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