Date:	Thursday 27 February 1975
Time:	06:23
Type:	Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante
Owner/operator:	VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Registration:	PP-SBE
MSN:	110021
Year of manufacture:	1974
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,5 km NW of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) -   Brazil
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP)
Destination airport:	Bauru Airport, SP (BAU/SBBU)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
VASP flight 640 took off from runway 34 at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, Brazil. Shortly after takeoff the no.2 engine lost power. The pilot began a left hand turn in order to return to Congonhas. The aircraft lost altitude and impacted a residential area.
The airplane operated on a domestic flight to Bauru and Araçatuba Airport, SP (ARU).

Flight International 06 March 1975 (350)
Chicago Tribune (Feb 28, 1975)
O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva

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