ATR42-300 crash, Jul 16, 2007, São Paulo-Congonhas
ATR42-300 accident on July 16, 2007 near São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of directional control after the...
- Date: July 16, 2007
- Aircraft: ATR42-300
- Location: São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of directional control after the aircraft slid on water on the wet runway, aggravated by pilot pedal inputs that steered toward the slide. Runway drainage and grooving were cited as contributing factors.
A Pantanal ATR 42-300 on a scheduled flight from Araçatuba via Bauru landed on a wet runway 17R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas. It veered left off the runway, struck a concrete electrical block on the runway light system, and the nose gear was torn off. All 25 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was written off.