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| Date: | Friday 16 September 1949 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N8526A |
| MSN: | D-2059 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Missing, Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lages, Azores (11:13) |
| New York | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"Santa Susanna" disappeared on Trans-Atlantic record flight between Lages, Azores and New York, together with pilots Giovanni "John" Brondello and Camillo Barioglio.
Sources:
La Stampa 17 September 1949, p1ff
Folha da Manhã 29 September 1949, p1
http://www.ilpostalista.it/aerofilatelia_020.htm
http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2013/07/25/lultimo-volo-del-santa-susanna.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2015 16:02 | TB | Added |
| 14-Jan-2017 13:40 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2017 19:57 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-May-2017 13:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2018 19:40 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2020 17:49 | Dario J. Brondello | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2020 17:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2023 22:02 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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