Date:	Friday 5 September 1958
Time:	17:30
Type:	Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	Loide Aéreo Nacional
Registration:	PP-LDX
MSN:	30288
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 18
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Campina Grande Airport, PB (CPV) -   Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF)
Destination airport:	Campina Grande Airport, PB (CPV/SBKG)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Loide Curtiss C-46 approached Campina Grande at an altitude 200 m below the minimum. The crew started the final approach and descended to 520 m (minimum altitude was 647 m) to obtain a view of the runway. The aircraft was by then over the runway. The pilot then chose to enter a visual traffic pattern, but this approach was missed again and the aircraft climbed in a spiral to 750 m. A procedure turn was made to a heading of 200 degrees and another descent was initiated. This descend continued until the C-46 struck the ground and crashed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to pilot error - improper procedure during an authorized instrument flight. A contributing cause was an error on the part of other personnel - the meteorological forecast was incorrect."

ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (211)
O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva
Folha da Noite 8 September 1958, p2

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