Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:21 SEP 1944
Type:Lockheed 18-10-01 Lodestar
Operator:Panair do Brasil
Registration: PP-PBH
C/n / msn: 18-2113
First flight: 1941
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Total:Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Rio Doce, MG (Brazil)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Salvador-Dois de Julho Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brazil
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed during a forced landing following nr.2 engine problems.
The airplane operated on a flight from Rio de Janeiro, RJ to Belém, PA with several intermediate stops.

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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.
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