ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A1C PP-SND Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC (CZS)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Monday 22 June 1992
Time:06:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 737-2A1C
Operator:VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Registration: PP-SND
MSN: 21188/444
First flight: 1975-12-22 (16 years 6 months)
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:15 km (9.4 mls) W of Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC (CZS) (   Brazil)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Rio Branco-Presidente Médici Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB), Brazil
Destination airport:Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC (CZS/SBCZ), Brazil
Narrative:
During the descent to Cruzeiro do Sul, the crew's attention was distracted by the cargo compartment fire warning system, which began to activate intermittently. The aircraft crashed in the jungle while performing a Delta 1 arrival to runway 10.

Probable Cause:

Contributing factors
a. Human Factor
(1) . Physiological Aspect
- There was no evidence of this aspect contributing to the occurrence of the accident.
(2). Psychological Aspect - Contributed
- The psychological aspect contributed through the generation of a high level of anxiety to perform the landing and in the diversion of the focus of attention during the approach manoeuvres to land.
- The psychological aspect was influenced by the activation of the smoke alarm which generated an increase in the workload on board.
b. Material Factor
- There were no indications that this factor contributed to the accident.
c. Operational Factor
(1). Deficient Instruction
- Although the instruction was carried out in accordance with what the standards recommend, the failures that contributed to the accident are characteristic of lack of experience in facing abnormalities simultaneously with the maintenance of flight control. Such failures could be avoided with more adequate simulator instructions and training involving the cockpit management aspects.
(2). Poor Maintenance - Undetermined .
- It was not possible to determine the cause of the activation of the "Aft Cargo Smoke" alarm and whether the maintenance services contributed to this occurrence.
(3). Deficient Cockpit Coordination
- Inadequate performance of the duties assigned to each crew member. The procedures foreseen for the execution of descent by instrument have been modified and some have been deleted depending on the appearance of a complicator element (smoke alarm).
(4). Influence of the environment
- The dark night contributed to the creation of the "black hole" phenomenon, or "background figure", making it difficult to perceive external references for a possible identification of the vertical distance of the aircraft from the ground.
(5). Deficient Oversight
- The supervision, at cockpit level, contributed to the accident by the inadequate management of the resources available for the flight in the cockpit.
- Company level supervision contributed to the accident by not identifying the need for cockpit management training and providing it to the crew involved.
- Supervision, at company level, was also inadequate when climbing to the same mission, two pilots unfamiliar with the airplane to be used and in night operation.
(6). Other Operational Aspects
- The failure to comply with several "Callouts", the non-use of the radio altimeter and the inadequate use of the "altitude alert", as an aid to the accomplishment of the descent procedure, contributed to the occurrence of the accident.

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CENIPA Brazil
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 284 days (9 months)
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:
» Flight International
» ICAO Summary 5/94 (#13)
» Scramble 158


Photos

photo of Boeing-737-2A1C-PP-SND
accident date: 22-06-1992
type: Boeing 737-2A1C
registration: PP-SND
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rio Branco-Presidente Médici Airport, AC to Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC as the crow flies is 604 km (378 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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