Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAY 1963 |
| Type: | Convair CV-340-59 |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CDW |
| C/n / msn: | 159 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 45 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
The Convair had to return when the no. 2 engine caught fire. The captain feathered the prop and made a left turn. When on finals for runway 16, the Convair nosed up (45°), stalled and struck a house.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Probable pilot error: improper procedures on unfeathering of the no. 2 prop.
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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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Convair CV-340
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