Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JUN 1992 |
| Time: | 06:05 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-2A1C |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SND |
| C/n / msn: | 21188/444 |
| First flight: | 1975-12-22 (16 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) from Cruzeiro do Sul, AC (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Rio Branco-Pres. Medici Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB), Brazil |
| Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC (CZS/SBCZ), Brazil |
During the descent to Cruzeiro do Sul, the crew's attention was distracted by the cargo compartment warning system, which began to activate intermittently. The aircraft crashed in the jungle while performing a Delta 1 arrival to runway 10.
Sources:
» Flight International
» ICAO Summary 5/94 (#13)
» Scramble 158
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rio Branco-Pres. Medici Airport, AC to Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC as the crow flies is 590 km (369 miles).
Distance from Rio Branco-Pres. Medici Airport, AC to Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC as the crow flies is 590 km (369 miles).
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.
