| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1972 |
| Time: | 21:26 |
| Type: |  NAMC YS-11A-211 |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SMI |
| MSN: | 2059 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 50 km N of Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
A NAMC YS-11, registered PP-SMI, was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain while descending for Rio de Janeiro. All 25 on board were killed in the accident. During descent in IMC, the crew tuned the ADF instruments to the wrong NDB station. The crew reported over the AF NDB at FL50 and flew into the side of a mountain two minutes later.
Sources:
Schenectady Gazette - Apr 14, 1972
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