| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1961 |
| Time: | 18:22 |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Owner/operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VJD |
| MSN: | 15 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brasilia International Airport, DF (BSB) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
| Brasília International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR) |
The pilot, who was under conversion training for the Caravelle III, made a very short approach and a violent touchdown before reaching the runway. The landing gear was seriously damaged, and on reaching the runway produced a tendency to swing to the left. Application of nose gear steering control partially corrected this until the landing gear collapsed on leaving the runway. A fire erupted, which destroyed the plane.
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