Campinas - Santa Cruz

On October 9, 1994 at 05:42 PM, Campinas - Santa Cruz experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by TAMPA Cargo, with the event recorded near São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Campinas-Viracopos Airport, while climbing, the crew informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to divert to São Paulo-Guarulhos Airport for an emergency landing. On final, both main landing gears were lowered but apparently not locked while the nose gear remained stuck in its main wheel. Upon touchdown on runway 09L, the aircraft sank on its belly and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All five occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3355X, MSN 18886, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.4619°, -46.5528°.