Date:	Wednesday 23 September 1959
Time:	18:40
Type:	SAAB Scandia 90A-1
Owner/operator:	VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Registration:	PP-SQV
MSN:	90.106
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	4,5 km S of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Saab plane didn't gain enough height after takeoff from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport and crashed into the Vila Clara residential area of São Paulo.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident could not be determined."

ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 62-AN/57 (181)
The Deseret News - Sep 24, 1959
Folha da Manhã - Sep 24, 1959

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