Airbus A320 crash, Jul 17, 2007 (199 killed), São Paulo-C...
Airbus A320 accident on July 17, 2007 near São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil with 199 fatalities. Cause: One thrust lever, on the engine with the...
- Date: July 17, 2007
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 199
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: One thrust lever, on the engine with the locked-out reverser, was left above idle, so the ground spoilers and autobrake did not engage and the crew did not notice. Contributing factors included no alert for this lever configuration, training and management shortcomings, and the wet runway.
TAM Flight JJ3054, an A320 from Porto Alegre, landed at night on wet runway 35L at Congonhas with the No. 2 thrust reverser deactivated under the minimum equipment list. The aircraft did not decelerate, overran the runway, crossed Washington Luis Avenue and struck a cargo building and a fuel station, where it burned. All 187 people on board and 12 people on the ground died.