| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-7C |
| Owner/operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PDL |
| MSN: | 45122/790 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Belém Airport, PA (BEL) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
Hydraulic fluid was lost about one hour after departure from Manaus. An emergency landing at Belem was carried out. On application of reverse pitch on the propellers the DC-7 veered off the runway and came to rest in a ditch, collapsing the landing gear.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Deteriorating action of the hydraulic fluid used in the type of aircraft which affected the rubber and plastic sealing ringe."
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