Passengers 50 Fatalities 55 Aircraft type Boeing 727-27C Number of deaths 55 Injuries (nonfatal) 3 Survivor 3 | Crew 8 Survivors 3 Date 12 April 1980 Site Florianópolis Operator Transbrasil | |
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Summary Pilot error followed by controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) Similar Iran Air Flight 291, Thai Airways Flight 231, Advance Airlines Flight 4210, Dan‑Air Flight 1008, Air Wisconsin Flight 965 | ||
Transbrasil Flight 303 was a flight from Congonhas-São Paulo Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil, on April 12, 1980. It crashed on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport. Only three of the 58 people on board survived.
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Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 727-27C, registration PT-TYS. It had first flown on August 14, 1966. It was delivered to Braniff Airways, which leased it to Transbrasil in 1975, and sold it to Transbrasil in 1976.
Crash
The aircraft was on a night instrument approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in a severe thunderstorm when it went off course, struck the hill Morro da Virgínia, and exploded. Probable causes were misjudgment of speed and distance, inadequate flight supervision, failure to initiate a go-around, and improper operation of the engines.