17 JUL 2007 Airbus A.320-233 PR-MBK TAM Linhas Aéreas, at São Paulo, Brazil - 186(186)+ca.3
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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2007-10
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Status: Preliminary
Date: 17 JUL 2007
Time: 18:45
Type: Airbus A.320-233
Operator: TAM Linhas Aéreas
Registration: PR-MBK
C/n / msn: 789
First flight: 1998-02-13
Total airframe hrs: ca 20000
Cycles: ca 9300
Engines: 2 IAE V2527-A5 jet engines
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 180 / Occupants: 180
Total: Fatalities: 186 / Occupants: 186
Ground casualties: 3
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) ( Brazil )
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport, RS (POA/SBPA), Brazil
Destination airport: São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil
Flightnumber: JJ3054
Narrative:
TAM Flight 3054 was a regular flight from Porto Alegre (POA) to São Paulo-Congonhas (CGH). The Airbus A.320 departed Porto Alegre at 17:16. It was raining as the flight approached São Paulo. Initial press reports indicate that the pilot executed a go around after attempting to land on runway 35L. A fire department spokesman said that the airplane cleared the perimeter fence and a busy highway. Failing to gain enough height, it collided with a concrete building, bursting into flames.
Runway 35L is a 6365 x 147 feet (1940 x 45 meters) asphalt runway. TORA ,ASDA, TODA are all 1940 m, LDA 1880m.
Weather around the time of the accident (21:45Z) was reported as:
SBSP 172100Z 34008KT 6000 -RA BKN009 OVC070 16/14 Q1018=
SBSP 172200Z 35008KT 7000 -RA BKN008 OVC070 15/14 Q1018=
Sources:
» TAM press releases
» Airbus Media Information on TAM JJ3054 (Issue 1)
» At least 189 dead in Brazil air crash (AP 18-7-2007)
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE AIRBUS A.320
* Last fatal hull-loss accident: 03 MAY 2006 Armavia, EK-32009, off Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia - 105 fatalities
* Total number of hull-losses: 16 (11 accidents, 5 other occurrences (ground fire etc.)), of which 7 losses were fatal
* Worst A.320 accident
* history of this airplane:
- F-WWDT Airbus (FEB 1998, first flight)
- N454TA TACA (MAR 1998, delivered)
- VN-A168 Pacific Airlines (DEC 2003)
- N454TA Pegasus Aviation (OCT 2006)
- PR-MBK TAM (JAN 2007)
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AIRPORT PROFILE SAO PAULO-CONGONHAS
* ICAO/IATA designators: SBSP / CGH
* Latitude: 23° 37' 36.09" S / 046° 39' 19.35" W
* Elevation: 2631 ft/ 802 m
* Runway: 17R/35L (6365 x 147 feet, asphalt, ILS)
Runway: 17L/35R (4708 x 147 feet, asphalt, no ILS)
* Current NOTAMS:
https://www.notams.jcs.mil/distribution/query.html?locid=&textType=report&locidl=SBSP
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OPERATOR PROFILE TAM
Large Brazilian passenger airline operating on domestic and international routes. It was founded in 1961 as a small air taxi company.
The airline suffered 13 hull-loss accidents.
* Founded: 1961
* Web:
http://www.tam.com.br/
* More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Linhas_Aéreas
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COUNTRY PROFILE BRAZIL
* Last fatal airliner hull-loss accident: 29 SEP 2006 Boeing 737-8EH PR-GTD of Gol Transportes Aéreos, near Peixoto Azevedo, MT- 154 fatalities
* Worst airliner accident in Brazil
* The country is rated Cat. 1 (meeting ICAO standards) in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
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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.