Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 AUG 1963 |
| Type: | Douglas C-49E (DC-3DST-144) |
| Operator: | Sadia Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-SLL |
| C/n / msn: | 1500 |
| First flight: | 1936 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Videira, SC (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Joaçaba Airport, SC (JCB/SSJA), Brazil |
| Videira Airport, SC (VIA/SSVI), Brazil |
The DC-3 took off from Joacaba for a VFR flight to Videira. Weather at Videira was 8/8 stratus at 360 feet and visibility 8km. Visibility became poor when approaching Videira and the flight was carried out at 150 feet. Near Videira, the plane crashed into a hill 30 feet below the summit.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Continuation of VFR flight in adverse weather conditions." Sources:
» The Age - Aug 7, 1963
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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.
