| Date: | Tuesday 21 April 1959 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman A-16 Albatross (HU-16) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 6536 |
| MSN: | G-39 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport, RS (POA) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
| Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport, RS (POA/SBPA) |
The aircraft hit trees 300 meters from runway threshold during approach an in dense fog. It crashed 100 m further.
Sources:
O Estado de S.Paulo 23 April 1948, p48
Correio da Manhã 23 April 1959, p11
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