| Date: | Sunday 19 December 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-LDQ |
| MSN: | 30343 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salvador, BA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV) |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
After takeoff no. 1 engine power had to be reduced due to a high oil temperature warning. The crew experienced difficulties maintaining height and added power on the no. 1 engine again. While trying to return to the airport the engine failed, forcing an emergency landing outside the airport.
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| 12 May 1953 | PP-LDI | Loide Aéreo Nacional | 0 | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) | |
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