Recife – Vitória – Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo

On September 4, 1964 at 04:34 PM, Recife – Vitória – Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Nova Friburgo Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 34, passenger fatalities: 34, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Viscount took off from Vitoria at 18:45 GMT and climbed to 1800 m. At 19:33 the crew reported over Rio Bonito at 1800 m in instrument meteorological conditions. Actually, the flight was over Nova Friburgo, 43 km from Rio Bonito. The aircraft collided with the west slope of the Pico da Caledônia (2255 m) at an elevation of about 1950 m (6400 ft). VASP Flight 141 was a scheduled service from Recife, Brazil to São Paulo, Brazil with intermediate stops at Vitória and Rio de Janeiro. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 39 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SRR, MSN 66, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.3062°, -42.4934°.