Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | vrijdag 26 augustus 1955 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
Registratie: | PP-CBY |
Constructienummer: | 11692 |
Bouwjaar: | 1943 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 9 / inzittenden: 9 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 13 / inzittenden: 13 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | nabij Castelo, ES ( Brazilië)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Campos dos Goitacazes-Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport, RJ (CAW/SBCP), Brazilië |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Caravelas Airport, BA (CRQ/SBCV), Brazilië |
Beschrijving:The Cruzeiro flight departed Rio de Janeiro for an IFR flight to Campos, Caravelas, Ilhéus and Salvador, Brazil.
Last contact with the flight was when after departure from Campos at 1500 m. The DC-3 was later found to have struck a mountain in the Serra do Costelo between the cities of Castelo and Cachoeiro de Itapemirim.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to the Forno Grande peak not being indicated on current charts, the flight being conducted outside the airway and failure to adhere to he approved flight plan."
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Campos dos Goitacazes-Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport, RJ en Caravelas Airport, BA bedraagt 497 km (310 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.