Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Datum: | 28 JUL 1950 |
| Zeit: | 19:25 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Panair do Brasil |
| Kennzeichen: | PP-PCG |
| Werknummer: | 2062 |
| Baujahr: | 1946 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 7 / Insassen: 7 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 44 / Insassen: 44 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 51 / Insassen: 51 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 15 km (9.4 Meilen) NNE of Porto Alegre-Gravatai Air Base, RS (Brasilien)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brasilien |
| Porto Alegre-Gravatai Air Base, RS (SBCO), Brasilien |
A Lockheed L-049 Constellation passenger plane, PP-PCG, was destroyed when it crashed near Porto Alegre, Brazil. All 44 passengers and seven crew members were killed.
The airplane operated on a domesic Panair flight between Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. At the time of the accident the runway at Porto Alegre (SBPA) was not yet paved, therefore the Constellations used the Air Base runway, located some 6 km to the north. The Constellation struck Morro do Chapéu, a 200 m hill 15 km to the NNE of the runway. The aircraft had aborted an approach and was circling the runway to try again. Weather conditions were bad with a low ceiling and the aircraft was trying to maintain visual contact with the ground.
Informationsquelle:
» Morro do Chapéu - accident description in Portuguese
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 51)
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Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ to Porto Alegre-Gravatai Air Base, RS as the crow flies is 1113 km (696 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ to Porto Alegre-Gravatai Air Base, RS as the crow flies is 1113 km (696 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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