Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1951 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Linhas Aéreas Paulistas - LAP |
| Registration: | PP-LPC |
| C/n / msn: | 19120 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Maceio, AL (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| Recife International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brazil |
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 Recife International Airport, PE as the crow flies is 1858 km (1161 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Recife International Airport, PE as the crow flies is 1858 km (1161 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.
