Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUN 1958 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: | Convair CV-440-59 |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CEP |
| C/n / msn: | 493 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Curitiba Airport, PR (CWB) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC (FLN/SBFL), Brazil |
| Curitiba Airport, PR (CWB/SBCT), Brazil |
The Convair was positioning for a runway 33 approach when it was caught in downdrafts. The aircraft descended and struck the ground.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to downdrafts." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (161)
» WCAA 2nd ed. / C.Y. Kimura
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Distance from Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC to Curitiba Airport, PR as the crow flies is 245 km (153 miles).
Distance from Florianópolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport, SC to Curitiba Airport, PR as the crow flies is 245 km (153 miles).
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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