Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 04 FEB 1972 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-235 Srs. 2A |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Varig |
| Kennzeichen: | PP-VDU |
| Werknummer: | 1632 |
| Baujahr: | 1968 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA) (Brasilien) |
| Flugphase: | Start (TOF) |
| Betriebsart: | Ausbildungsflug |
| Flug von: | Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA), Brasilien |
| Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA), Brasilien |
The take-off was performed with a simulated engine failure (no. 2) and without water-methanol injection. The HS-748 stalled after lift-off and crashed with the gear retracted. Some sources report a date of February 9, 1972.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Incorrect procedure used by the instructor by simulating the engine failure below V1 and attempting to unstick the aircraft below minimum control speed.
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Distance from Porto Alegre Airport, RS to Porto Alegre Airport, RS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Porto Alegre Airport, RS to Porto Alegre Airport, RS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
