Date:	Friday 3 November 1967
Time:	11:30
Type:	Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 214
Owner/operator:	Sadia Transportes Aéreos
Registration:	PP-SDJ
MSN:	190
Year of manufacture:	1965
Total airframe hrs:	3191 hours
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Dart (series unknown)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 25
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	25 km E of Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR (CWB) -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP)
Destination airport:	Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR (CWB/SBCT)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft collided with a hill (Marumbi Peak) at 4635 feet during an IFR descent pattern for runway 15.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot error through improper procedure in instrument flight. a) Lack of a dynamic programme for aircraft accident prevention; b) Non-confirmation over Curitiba Afonso Pena NDB; c) Inaccurate position relative to Curitiba/Bacheri NDB; d) Failure to use VOR equipment; e) Failure to execute all the phases of the descent, with assumed interception of downwind leg without confirmation of position; f) Momentary radio-direction finding indication of inaccurate fix."

ICAO Digest 18 (Circular 96) Volume II
El Tiempo 5 November 1967, p3

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