| Date: | Wednesday 4 October 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-10A Catalina (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 6550 |
| MSN: | 1681 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santo Antonio do Icá, AM -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed while landing on the Rio Solimões.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
Associaçao Brasileira de Catalineiros
Folha de Sao Paulo 10 October 1978, p8
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