Date: | Friday 14 February 1997 |
Time: | 12:34 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2C3 |
Owner/operator: | Varig |
Registration: | PP-CJO |
MSN: | 21013/393 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 52 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Carajás Airport, PA (CKS) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Marabá Airport, PA (MAB/SBMA) |
Destination airport: | Carajás Airport, PA (CKS/SBCJ) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Narrative:The Boeing had taken off from Maraba at 11:55. At 12:34 the aircraft touched down at Carajas' runway 10 in bad weather (thunderstorm, bad visibility) following a VOR approach. The right main gear collapsed rearwards, causing the plane to veer off the right side of the runway, 700 m from the point if touchdown. The aircraft ended up in a forest. The first officer was the only fatality.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Agência Estado
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport, RJ (GIG); October 1979
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