Convair CV-440-62 – PP-AQE

Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 18 September 1957

Aircraft Type: Convair CV-440-62

Owner/operator: REAL Transportes Areos

Registration Number: PP-AQE

Location: 1 km N of Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD) – ÿ Uruguay

Phase of Flight: Approach

Status: Destroyed, written off

Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 35

Component Affected: Aircraft components (specifically, left and nose gear, propellers, and engine)Aircraft components (specifically, left and nose gear, propellers, and engine)

Category: Accident

Description

The REAL Convair was operating on the route Sao Paulo – Porto Alegre – Montevideo – Buenos Aires. At 19:17 the flight left Porto Alegre. At 21:15 the aircraft passed the CAR beacon at 600 while approaching Montevideo. A visual approach was flown, but the aircraft entered a small fog patch and undershot the runway by 1030 m. The left and nose gear hit a small (3 m high) earth bank bordering Highway 102. Some 2 m further on the left right wing touched the ground, and at 170 m the aircraft lost both propellers and the no. 2 engine. The right wing broke off before coming to rest 380 m past the point of first impact. PROBABLE CAUSE: “From the evidence collected there is no doubt that the accident was due to pilot error. Nevertheless, the Commission found no actual proof of what caused this error.”