Last updated: 4 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 26 November 1962 |
| Time: | 12:09 |
| Type: | SAAB Scandia 90A-1 |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SRA |
| C/n / msn: | 90.107 |
| First flight: | 1951 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Paraibuna, SP ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
The Saab took off from São Paulo at 11:44 GMT for an IFR flight to Rio de Janeiro. Last position report was at 12:03 when abeam São Jose dos Campos. Cessna 310 PT-BRQ took off from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont at 11:11 GMT for a VFR flight to Marte. It was flying on the same airway (Airway AB-6) in the opposite direction. Both aircraft collided at 2400 m and crashed. After the collision a Notam was issued, prohibiting VFR flights on the AB-6 airway.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Both pilots failed to maintain adequate lookouts for other aircraft."
Classification:
Mid air collisionLoss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (137-139)Photos
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Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 364 km (228 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 364 km (228 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
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