Date:	Friday 1 June 1973
Time:	07:20
Type:	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N
Owner/operator:	Cruzeiro do Sul
Registration:	PP-PDX
MSN:	126
Year of manufacture:	1962
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	São Luíz-Marechal Cunha Machado Airport, MA (SLZ) -   Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE)
Destination airport:	São Luís-Tirirical Airport, MA (SLZ/SBSL)

Narrative:
A go-around was initiated from an altitude of about 90 m, while on final approach to São Luíz. The aircraft attained an extreme nose-up attitude, stalled and crashed in a right bank, 760 m to the right of the runway. Investigations revealed that the no. 1 engine wasn't developing any power when the aircraft struck the ground.

Jornal do Brasil - 2 June 1973
O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através de seus acidentes (1928-1996) / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva, 2008

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


8 October 1969	PP-PDX	Cruzeiro do Sul	0	Havana		unk
Hijack
1 July 1970	PP-PDX	Cruzeiro do Sul	0	Rio de Janeiro, RJ		unk

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