Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 MAR 1964 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-LDL |
| C/n / msn: | 33467 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil |
A fire started in the no. 2 engine and couldn't be extinguished. The prop was feathered as the crew tried to make it to Galeao Airport. Before reaching the airport, the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined Sources:
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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.
