ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335836
| Date: | Thursday 12 July 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-13-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LPG |
| MSN: | 26267/14822 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Aracaju Airport, SE (AJU) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Maceió Airport, AL (MCZ/SBMO) |
| Aracaju Airport, SE (AJU/SBAR) |
An attempt to land at Aracaju was apparently abandoned as the aircraft overflew the runway and initiated a turn to the right. The DC-3 crashed during this turn.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot attempted a visual approach and made a turn at low altitude in adverse weather conditions."
Sources:
Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Jul 13, 1951
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