Narrative:
Crashed.
» Major-Brigadeiro do Ar Dionísio Cerqueira de Taunay, Patrono da Aviação de Patrulha
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 1 March 1959 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2070 |
| MSN: | 13822 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 30 km (18.8 mls) from Caravelas, BA ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brazil |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Folha da Manhã 3-3-1959» Major-Brigadeiro do Ar Dionísio Cerqueira de Taunay, Patrono da Aviação de Patrulha
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