ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327864
| Date: | Tuesday 25 May 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2A1 |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SMY |
| MSN: | 20970/376 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 118 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brasilia International Airport, DF (BSB) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
| Brasília International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR) |
The aircraft landed heavily, nosegear first, in conditions of rain. The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft skidded off the runway, and broke in two.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot's misuse of rain repellent, causing an optical illusion.
Sources:
Folha de São Paulo
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); October 1974
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