Estado:	Final
Fecha:	01 NOV 1961
Hora:	ca 05:15 UTC
Tipo:	Douglas DC-7C
Operador:	Panair do Brasil
Registración:	PP-PDO
Numéro de série:	44872/643
Año de Construcción:	1955
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 9
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 38 / Ocupantes: 79
Total:	Fatalidades: 45 / Ocupantes: 88
Daños en la Aeronave:	Anulado
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	2,7 km (1.7 milles) NW of Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC) (Brasil)
Fase:	Aproximación (APR)
Naturaleza:	Vuelo Internacional Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Sal-Amilcar Cabral International Airport (SID/GVAC), Cabo Verde
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brasil

Descripción:
The DC-7, operating on a flight from Lisbon to Recife via Ilha do Sal, approached Recife at night in good visibility. The crew apparently performed a direct entry into the base leg, flying too low and out of the regular traffic pattern, in spite of the fact that the pilot had reported on wind leg. The plane struck a 84m high hill and broke up, 2720m short of the runway 15 threshold and right of the extended centreline.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by pilot error, i.e. improper evaluation of distance, flying a non-standard traffic pattern by night and failing to observe altitude minima during the final approach.
A contributing cause was the improper night marking of obstructions along the approach path towards runway 15."

Fuentes:
» ICAO Circular 69-AN/61