Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 SEP 1969 |
| Time: | 20:33 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SPP |
| C/n / msn: | 15618/27063 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Londrina Airport, PR (LDB) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Londrina Airport, PR (LDB/SBLO), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
The DC-3 left Londrina at 18:33. Fifty minutes into the flight the left prop was feathered and the crew elected to return to Londrina. The aircraft approached runway 12 but power was applied for a go-around. The aircraft made a sharp left turn and crashed.
The airplane operated on a service from Campo Grande (CGR) to São Paulo (CGH) with an en route stop at Londrina (LDB)
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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 Londrina Airport, PR to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 456 km (285 miles).
Distance from Londrina Airport, PR to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 456 km (285 miles).
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.
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Douglas DC-3
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