São Paulo - São Paulo

On September 15, 1968 at 09:20 PM, São Paulo - São Paulo experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 150.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training flight at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport and was completing touch-and-go manoeuvres. After takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a district located 7,450 meters from the airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both pilots were killed as well as one people on the ground. At the time of the accident, the crew was climbing with one engine inoperative, maybe two.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SRE, MSN 399, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.8056°, -49.4054°.