Air accident involving a VARIG Boeing 707 near Rio de Janeiro in 1973
| Air accident involving a VARIG Boeing 707 near Rio de Janeiro in 1973 | |
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 an identical Boeing 707 from VARIG |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Controlled flight into terrain : missing out (touching down in front of the runway) |
| place |
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| date | June 9, 1973 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Boeing 707-327C
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| operator |
VARIG
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| Mark |
PP-VLJ
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| Departure airport |
Viracopos Airport , Brazil
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| Destination airport |
Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport , Brazil
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| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 4th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The air accident of a Boeing 707 of the VARIG in Rio de Janeiro took place on June 9, 1973 when a cargo plane of the type Boeing 707-327C of VARIG on a cargo flight from Viracopos airport to airport Rio de Janeiro-Galeão due to a pilot error before the runway into Terrain was flown . Two people were killed in the accident.
plane
The aircraft used on the flight was a Boeing 707-327C. It was the 502nd Boeing 707 ever built with the serial number 19106. The machine was delivered to its first owner Braniff International Airways on June 18, 1966 and went to VARIG on November 24, 1971. The machine had the aircraft registration PP-VLJ . The four-engine long-range - narrow-body aircraft was equipped with four engines of the type Pratt & Whitney Jt3d-3B equipped.
There was a four-person crew on board, consisting of a master, first officer, second officer and flight engineer. Several crew members were very experienced. The 52-year-old captain has worked as a pilot at VARIG for 25 years, and the 53-year-old second mate for 20 years.
the accident
The machine, loaded with 22 tons of cargo, carried out an instrument approach on runway 14 at 6:05 a.m. local time in thick fog. The air brake lever was at 45 degrees. The spoilers on the fuselage were retracted when one of the pilots noticed that the cover for the button for extending the spoilers was open contrary to the regulations. When trying to close them, the button was accidentally pressed and the flaps extended. From an altitude of 70 meters, the machine went into a steep descent from which it could no longer be intercepted. The machine brushed against the approach lights of Rio de Janeiro-Galeão airport , hit the ground hard and slid into the sea behind the runway.
The captain and the second mate were killed. The first officer and flight engineer swam out of the wreck and were pulled out of the water by fishermen.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Accident report B-707-300C, PP-VLJ Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 5, 2019.
- ↑ Operating History B-707-138B, N791SA Jetphotos.com, accessed April 5, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Acidentes Aeronáuticos ocorridos no Brasil em 1973 Desastres Aéreos (Portuguese), accessed April 5, 2019.