| Date: | Sunday 23 December 1973 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R |
| Owner/operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-PDV |
| MSN: | 120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 533R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 58 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
| Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
The aircraft made a high and fast straight-in approach to runway 26. The aircraft touched down 848 m past the threshold, aquaplaned off the runway and went down a slope at a speed of 80 kts.
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