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| Date: | Sunday 1 March 1959 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2070 |
| MSN: | 13822 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km from Caravelas, BA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
| Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV) |
Crashed.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 3-3-1959
Major-Brigadeiro do Ar Dionísio Cerqueira de Taunay, Patrono da Aviação de Patrulha
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