ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) PT-KVT Cascavel Airport, PR (CAC)
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Date:Tuesday 13 November 1979
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Consultoria Tecnica Operacional de Aviação
Registration: PT-KVT
MSN: 12147
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:5 km (3.1 mls) N of Cascavel Airport, PR (CAC) (   Brazil)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Iturama Airport, MG (SNYU), Brazil
Destination airport:Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas Airport, PR (IGU/SBFI), Brazil
Narrative:
The aircraft made a forced landing in a soy plantation here due to engine problems whilst low on fuel. It was found abandoned 35 days later with the cargo having been removed. Some instruments in the cockpit had also been removed.

Sources:
» O Estado de S.Paulo 19 December 1978, p16


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Distance from Iturama Airport, MG to Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas Airport, PR as the crow flies is 784 km (490 miles).

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.
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