ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333607
| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1961 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronorte - Empr. de Transpoeres Aéreos Norte do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-YQS |
| MSN: | 4914 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ponta Grossa-Sant'Ana Airport, PR (PGZ) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo (unknown airport), SP |
| Ponta Grossa-Sant'Ana Airport, PR (PGZ/SSZW) |
The DC-3 had taken off from São Paulo and had to divert to Ponta Grossa because of bad weather at the intended destination. The aircraft crashed into a hill while approaching runway 07.
The pilot, co-pilot, radio-operator and a female passenger (wife of the co-pilot) were killed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Insufficient flight preparations. The pilot could have diverted to Florianopolis or back to São Paulo which were both in VFR conditions."
Sources:
O Estado de S.Paulo 16 March 1961, p8
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