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| Date: | Sunday 21 December 1958 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American T-6G Texan (T-6) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 1665 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | BA Santa Cruz, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
... in a violent storm over Rio de Janeiro area 20/21 DEC. Also damaged (20 DEC afternoon) at BA Galeão (Ilha do Governador) were a B-25 ("both ruders"), Beechcraft T-7 (C18S) 1357 (photo, overturned on its back) and C-47 2025 (blown away about 500m and came to rest tipped on its nose).
Sources:
Globo 22 December 1958, p3
Scramble (w/o 21 DEC 1958 BA Santa Cruz)
Correio da Manha 23 DEC 1958, p15
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2021 11:13 | TB | Added |
| 12-Oct-2021 13:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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