Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 AUG 1955 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CBY |
| C/n / msn: | 11692 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Castelo, ES (Brazil) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| Caravelas Airport, BA (CRQ/SBCV), Brazil |
The Cruzeiro flight departed Rio de Janeiro for an IFR flight to Caravelas. Last contact with the flight was when over Campos at 1500m. The DC-3 was later found to have struck a mountain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to the Forno Grande peak not being indicated on current charts, the flight being conducted outside the airway and failure to adhere to he approved flight plan." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (172)
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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.
