Incident Overview
Date: Monday 31 October 1966
Aircraft Type: Vickers 701 Viscount
Owner/operator: VASP – Via?o Area S?o Paulo
Registration Number: PP-SRM
Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30
Component Affected: Aircraft NoseAircraft Nose
Category: Accident
A VASP flight 237 experienced a runway excursion following landing on a wet runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil. The aircraft came to rest on the rocks of a breakwater, with the nose almost touching the water of Guanabara Bay.A VASP flight 237 experienced a runway excursion following landing on a wet runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil. The aircraft came to rest on the rocks of a breakwater, with the nose almost touching the water of Guanabara Bay.
Description
VASP flight 237 suffered a runway excursion after landing on a wet runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil. The aircraft came to rest on the rocks of a breakwater, with the nose almost touching the water of Guanabara Bay.
Primary Cause
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