Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:31 MAY 1954
Type:Douglas C-47A-80-DL
Operator:Transportes Aéreos Nacionales
Registration: PP-ANO
C/n / msn: 19830
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Total:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Serra do Cipó Mountains, MG (Brazil) show on map
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Governador Valadares Airport, MG (GVR/SBGV), Brazil
Destination airport:Belo Horizonte (unknown airport), MG, Brazil
Narrative:
The DC-3 strayed off course and struck Mount Cipo in cloudy conditions, 30mls from the intended flight route.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Navigational error. 2) The minimum safety height for the route was not complied with."

Events:

Sources:
» ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (175)

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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.
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