Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 FEB 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | FAB2040 |
| C/n / msn: | 20048 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Belém, PA (Brazil) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (CAY/SOCA), French Guiana |
Crashed.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport as the crow flies is 3230 km (2019 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport as the crow flies is 3230 km (2019 miles).
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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Douglas DC-3
- 1461st loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 37th worst accident (at the time)
- 139th worst accident (currently)
Brazil- 2nd worst accident (at the time)
- 32nd worst accident (currently)