Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 APR 1987 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-330C |
| Operator: | Transbrasil |
| Registration: | PT-TCO |
| C/n / msn: | 18932/477 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG), Brazil |
The 707 touched down to the right of the runway centreline following an ILS approach in heavy rain. The right main gear collapsed and the aircraft struck runway lights and electric boxes.
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The B707 was bought by Transbrasil in May 1985.
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.
