Incident Overview
Date: Monday 6 March 1961
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Owner/operator: Iberia
Registration Number: EC-AIP
Location: S?o Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46
Component Affected: PilotPilot
Category: Accident
A Iberia flight, Santa Clara, experienced a crash and fire short of S?o Paulo?s runway 16 due to a sudden downward gust, resulting from a pilot misjudgment of distance and wind conditions during the approach.A Iberia flight, Santa Clara, experienced a crash and fire short of S?o Paulo?s runway 16 due to a sudden downward gust, resulting from a pilot misjudgment of distance and wind conditions during the approach.
Description
The Super Constellation, named “Santa Clara”, carried out an instrument approach to S?o Paulo’s runway 16 with flaps and gear extended when it lost altitude due to a downward gust. The plane crashed and caught fire short of the runway. Iberia flight 991 was a scheduled service from Madrid, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina via S?o Paulo, Brazil. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Pilot misjudged distance and failed to compensate for wind conditions during the approach.”
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j5sVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xwsEAAAAIBAJ&hl=pt-BR&pg=5258%2C1195673https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j5sVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xwsEAAAAIBAJ&hl=pt-BR&pg=5258%2C1195673Primary Cause
Pilot misjudged distance and failed to compensate for wind conditions during the approach.Pilot misjudged distance and failed to compensate for wind conditions during the approach.Share on:
