Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 22 December 1959
Aircraft Type: Vickers 827 Viscount
Owner/operator: VASP – Via?o Area S?o Paulo
Registration Number: PP-SRG
Location: 4 km S of Rio de Janeiro-Gale?o International Airport, RJ (GIG) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32
Component Affected: Visitor 827 Viscount aircraftVisitor 827 Viscount aircraft
Investigating Agency: CENIPACENIPA
Category: Accident
A Vickers 827 Viscount passenger plane was destroyed in a catastrophic accident following a mid-air collision with a military training aircraft. All 26 passengers and six crew members aboard the Viscount were killed in the incident. Ten people on the ground were killed when the Viscount crashed in a residential area. The pilot of the Fokker S.11 trainer parachuted to safety.A Vickers 827 Viscount passenger plane was destroyed in a catastrophic accident following a mid-air collision with a military training aircraft. All 26 passengers and six crew members aboard the Viscount were killed in the incident. Ten people on the ground were killed when the Viscount crashed in a residential area. The pilot of the Fokker S.11 trainer parachuted to safety.
Description
A Vickers 827 Viscount passenger plane was destroyed in an accident following a mid-air collision with a military training aircraft. All 26 passengers and six crew members aboard the Viscount were killed in the accident. Ten people on the ground were killed when the Viscount crashed in a residential area. The pilot of the Fokker S.11 trainer parachuted to safety. The accident happened when the Fora Area Brasileira Fokker T-21 (S.11), FAB0742, was manoeuvring in the approach path of Rio de Janeiro-Gale?o Airport. The Viscount came down in Rua Peanha P¢voas, some 4 km south of the airport. The Fokker crashed near the Rua Joaquim de Queiroz. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Failure of both pilots to maintain adequate lookout for other aircraft.”
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2BFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=24wDAAAAIBAJ&hl=pt-BR&pg=6934%2C4473359https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2BFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=24wDAAAAIBAJ&hl=pt-BR&pg=6934%2C4473359Primary Cause
Failure of both pilots to maintain adequate lookout for other aircraft.Failure of both pilots to maintain adequate lookout for other aircraft.Share on:
