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| Date: | Sunday 31 October 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Arco-Iris Viacão Aérea SA |
| Registration: | PP-AIE |
| MSN: | 6970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ararangua, Santa Catarena -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ararangua, Santa Catarena, Brazil | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6970: Allocated RAF military serial TX312 but sold to De Havillands 7.5.46 while still under construction. C of A 8588 issued 10.10.46. Registered as PP-AIE to Arco-Iris Viacao Aerea SA, Sao Paulo.
Written off (Damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed at Ararangua, Santa Catarena, Brazil 31.10.48. Registration PP-AIE cancelled 11.2.49.
Araranguá is a city located in the southern part of Santa Catarina state, in the south of Brazil.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/TX312.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via%C3%A7%C3%A3o_A%C3%A9rea_Arco-%C3%8Dris
5. https://culturaaeronautica.blogspot.com/2010/12/viacao-aerea-arco-iris-primeira.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ararangu%C3%A1#Transportation
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2019 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2019 16:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2025 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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