| Date: | Monday 17 December 2001 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-53A |
| Owner/operator: | Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais |
| Registration: | PT-SSI |
| MSN: | 24785/1882 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 108 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
| Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
A Boeing 737-500 operated by Rio Sul sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF), Brazil.
None of the 108 occupants were injured.
The airplane was scheduled to land at Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU) but bad weather forced the crew to divert. The airplane touched down 70 m short of runway 16 during an ILS approach. The left hand main gear broke as it struck the raised lip of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CENIPA
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