Narrative:
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 Galeão Airport. Before reaching the airport, the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined
» Folha de São Paulo 29 March 1964, p40
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1964 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-LDL |
| MSN: | 33467 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| 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 Galeão Airport. Before reaching the airport, the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined
Sources:
» Folha de São Paulo 27 March 1964, p1+8» Folha de São Paulo 29 March 1964, p40
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 14 km (9 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 14 km (9 miles).
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