Last updated: 27 September 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 18 August 1941 |
| Time: | ca 13:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PBD |
| MSN: | 18-2083 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) S of São Paulo, SP ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Curitiba-Bacacheri Airport, PR (BFH/SBBI), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
Crashed into Serra da Cantareira on approach to São Paulo at night. Five of nine passengers and one of four crew members survived.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Porto Alegre to São Paulo with en route stops at Florianópolis and Curitiba.
Sources:
» Folha da Manha 19 August 1941, p1» Folha da Noite 19 August 1941, p1
» Folha da Noite 20 August 1941, p1
» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
» O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva
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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 Curitiba-Bacacheri Airport, PR to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 326 km (204 miles).
Distance from Curitiba-Bacacheri Airport, PR to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP as the crow flies is 326 km (204 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.
