Accident Boeing 707-323B N8434, Saturday 4 December 1982

Date:	Saturday 4 December 1982
Time:
Type:	Boeing 707-323B
Owner/operator:	Global International Airways
Registration:	N8434
MSN:	20173/805
Year of manufacture:	1969
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 57
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Brasilia International Airport, DF (BSB) - Brazil
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR)
Destination airport:	New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA

Narrative:
The left main gear broke off when the aircaft struck ILS aerials on takeoff. The 707 was damaged beyond repair during the emergency landing.
The airplane operated on a charter flight carrying journalists who had covered the visit of U.S. President Reagan to Brazil.
Local newspapers suggest there were 110 persons on board.

Accident investigation: