Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
Status:
Datum:06 JUN 1949
Zeit:ca 14:00
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas C-47B-50-DK
Fluggesellschaft:Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Kennzeichen: FAB2023
Werknummer: 17098/34365
Baujahr: 1945
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 22 / Insassen: 22
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 28 / Insassen: 28
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:ca 20 km E of Florianópolis, SC (Brasilien) show on map
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC (FLN/SBFL), Brasilien
Flug nach:Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base, RS (SBCO), Brasilien
Unfallbericht:
Shortly after takeoff from Florianópolis, the C-47 ran into heavy overcast. Four minutes after the crew radioed that they were flying on instruments, the airplane flew into the side of Cambirela Peak in the foothills of the Serra da Boa Vista.

Informationsquelle:
» Peak Disaster (Time 20-06-1949)

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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 Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC to Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base, RS as the crow flies is 357 km (223 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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