Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 SEP 1951 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SPQ |
| C/n / msn: | 15591/27036 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
Struck a house after take-off and crashed.
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Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 364 km (228 miles).
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 364 km (228 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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Douglas DC-3
- 1749th loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 139th worst accident (at the time)
- 281st worst accident (currently)
Brazil- 13th worst accident (at the time)
- 65th worst accident (currently)