| Date: | Saturday 14 March 1970 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Fairchild FH-227B |
| Owner/operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-BUF |
| MSN: | 556 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 40 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,8 km off Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport , PA (BEL) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
While on base leg for Belém runway 06, the Fairchild crashed into Guajara Bay, 800 m short of the runway.
Sources:
Flight International 26 March 1970 (456)
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