Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On March 3, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport. On final approach, the instructor voluntarily shut down the engine number four to simulate a failure. Simultaneously, the pilot under training lost control of the airplane that stalled and struck the runway surface. After impact, the airplane veered off runway and came to rest. While all four crew members were evacuated safely, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SRQ, MSN 65, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8112°, -43.2586°.