Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JUN 1973 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-327C |
| Operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VLJ |
| C/n / msn: | 19106/502 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ (GIG) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sćo Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP/SBKP), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil |
The Boeing 707 freighter was making an instrument approach to runway 14 with speed brake lever at 45deg. and inboard spoilers deactivated when it was noted that the spoiler switch cover was open. The captain or co-pilot then closed the spoiler switch cover and thus activating the inboard spoiler, causing the aircraft to pitch down. The Boeing descended fast from a height of 70m, struck approach lights and ditched.
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Distance from Sćo Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 398 km (249 miles).
Distance from Sćo Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 398 km (249 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
