Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 AUG 1958 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LEQ |
| C/n / msn: | 10544 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Carapí Island, PA (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL/SBBE), Brazil |
The DC-4 crashed shortly after a postion report over the 'Piranha' beacon had been received by Belém. The crew also reported the Belém controller that they were desending on a night time visual.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "In spite of every effort by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission, it proved impossible to establish the cause of the accident." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (179)
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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.
