Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 MAR 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CBX |
| C/n / msn: | 11658 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Juqueri Range, SP (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
Crashed on the rocky slope of the Sierra Cristais.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 49)
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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.
