Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 AUG 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | Viaçao Aérea Santos Dumont |
| Registration: | PP-SDD |
| C/n / msn: | 20435 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Guaíra Airport, PR (QGA) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS), Paraguay |
Destination Asuncion could not be located in worsening weather conditions. The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at the diversion airport of Guaira.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Lack of radio aids in the area. 2) Error on the part of the pilot who lost his way and decided to land in hurried conditions. 3) Deficient preparation of flight plan by the Airline and approval of an incorrect flight plan by the Area Control." 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.
