ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335088
| Date: | Monday 31 May 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Nacionales |
| Registration: | PP-ANO |
| MSN: | 19830 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Serra do Cipó Mountains, MG -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Governador Valadares Airport, MG (GVR/SBGV) |
| Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 strayed off course and struck Mount Cipo in cloudy conditions, 30 miles from the intended flight route.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Navigational error. 2) The minimum safety height for the route was not complied with."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (175)
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