Accident Boeing 737-2A1 PP-SME, Tuesday 28 January 1986

Date:	Tuesday 28 January 1986
Time:	07:32
Type:	Boeing 737-2A1
Owner/operator:	VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Registration:	PP-SME
MSN:	20096/190
Year of manufacture:	1969
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 72
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU) - Brazil
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU/SBGR)
Destination airport:	Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves International Airport, MG (CNF/SBCF)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA

Narrative:
The crew unknowingly tried to takeoff from a taxiway. The takeoff was aborted, but the aircraft overran, collided with a dyke and broke in two. The weather was foggy.

Accident investigation: