Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 NOV 1992 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-365C |
| Operator: | AeroBrasil Cargo |
| Registration: | PT-TCP |
| C/n / msn: | 19416/556 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG), Brazil |
| ? |
The right main gear struck an approach light tower, causing a gear and hydraulic system warning. The 707 returned to Manaus, but the right gear collapsed, causing the plane to run off the runway coming to rest on the edge of a ravine.
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» Scramble 163
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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.
