São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro

On April 12, 1972 at 09:26 PM, São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving NAMC YS-11, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Petropólis Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

25 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 21, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, the crew started the descent to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport from the north. While flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet by night and in marginal weather conditions, the crew informed ATC he just passed over AF NDB. Two minutes later, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located near Petrópolis, about 50 km north of Santos Dumont Airport. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 25 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SMI, MSN 2059, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.5077°, -43.1757°.