Date:	Friday 11 June 1976
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	RICO Taxi Aéreo
Registration:	PP-AJC
MSN:	20402
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	between Pauana and Alto Solimões, AM -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Carauari Airport, AM (CAF/SWCA)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft operated on a charter flight from Carauari to Pefe, carrying personnel of Projeto Radam. At ten minutes from the destination, the engines lost power due to fuel pump problems. The aircraft was not able to maintain altitude and a forced landing was performed in a river.

O Estado de S.Paulo 12 June 1976, p17
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