Date:	Saturday 14 April 1945
Time:	11:00
Type:	Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration:	10
MSN:	26923/15478
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Barreiras, BA -   Brazil
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Barreiras Airport, BA (BRA/SNBR)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ

Narrative:
The aircraft suffered an engine failure at an altitude of 500 meters after take-off. A forced landing was made into a forest. The occupants escaped without serious injuries.
The aircraft was flying officers their families from Belém to Rio de Janeiro via Barreiras.

A Noite 15 April 1945, p13
Globo 16 April 1945, p2
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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