Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 APR 1955 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Operator: | Companhia Itaú de Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-ITG |
| C/n / msn: | 437 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 3 km from Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT), Brazil |
Struck a hill 2 miles short of the runway while on an instrument approach.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined.
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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.
