| Date: | Wednesday 6 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-BTA |
| MSN: | 26901 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Belém, PA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
| Cristalândia Airstrip, TO |
On climbout at night, the C-46 made a right turn at low altitude, crashed and caught fire.
The aircraft was heading to Cristalândia to pick up a cargo of meat.
Sources:
Ultima Hora, 8 may 1959, p.4
Correio da Manhã 13 May 1959, p12
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