Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 JUL 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | FAB2048 |
| C/n / msn: | 9777 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Maraú, BA (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
Crashed following an engine fire.
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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.
