São Paulo – Porto Nacional – Pedro Afonso – Belém

On June 17, 1975 at 12:00 AM, São Paulo – Porto Nacional – Pedro Afonso – Belém experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by VARIG - Viação Aérea Rio Grandense, with the event recorded near Pedro Afonso Tocantins.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 26.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Pedro Afonso, the crew encountered technical problems and decided to return. The approach was completed at a too high speed and the airplane landed too far down the runway, approximately 300 meters from the runway end. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the airplane overran, crossed a street and crashed into a house. A woman and her two children were killed in the house as well as the copilot. A second crew member was injured while 13 other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-VDN, MSN 1625, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -8.9757°, -48.1733°.