Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 30 AUG 2002 |
| Time: | 12:05 |
| Type: | Fokker 100 |
| Operator: | TAM Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PT-MRL |
| C/n / msn: | 11441 |
| First flight: | 1993-02-15 (9 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 650-15 Tay |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| 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: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU/SBGR), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 3499 |
Flight 3499 departed Salvador at 08:46. Excessive pressure in the hydraulics prevented the landing gear from being lowered. An emergency belly landing at Viracopos Airport was carried out.
Events:
Sources:
» Agência Estado
» Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
» Folha Online
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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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, BA to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 1445 km (903 miles).
Distance from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, BA to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 1445 km (903 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.
