Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JAN 1977 |
| Type: | BAC One-Eleven 520FN |
| Operator: | Transbrasil |
| Registration: | PP-SDS |
| C/n / msn: | 236 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | São Paulo-Viracopos Airport, SP (VCP) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP/SBKP), Brazil |
An improper flare caused the aircraft to land heavily 450m down the runway. The aircraft bounced and touched down again nosegear first. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft served off the runway, crossed a trench, skidded for 360m and came to rest.
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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.
