| Date: | Wednesday 28 February 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PCR |
| MSN: | 2060 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
The aircraft suffered problems with the undercarriage after takeoff from Belo Horizonte. The crew decided to divert to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport where a forced wheels-up landing was carried out.
The aircraft was withdrawn from use by Panair and stored until being broken up in 1969.
Sources:
Jornal do Brasil 1 March 1962, p1+5
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1959 | PP-PCR | Panair do Brasil | 0 | Buenos Aires, BA |  |
non |
| Hijack | ||||||
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