ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330594
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| Date: | Friday 4 February 1972 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-748-235 Srs. 2A |
| Owner/operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VDU |
| MSN: | 1632 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA) |
| Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA) |
The takeoff 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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