Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 DEC 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SPT |
| C/n / msn: | 20543 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Londrina, PR (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Londrina Airport, PR (LDB/SBLO), Brazil |
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The aircraft was just airborne when no. 1 engine power was lost. The aircraft crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Engine failure during takeoff. 2) Pilot error - short takeoff procedure used on an airfield where such a maneuver was not necessary." Sources:
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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.
