| Date: | Monday 11 August 1958 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LEQ |
| MSN: | 10544 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ilha Carnapijo, PA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-4 crashed shortly after a postion report over the 'Piranha' beacon had been received by Belém. The crew also reported the Belém controller that they were descending on a night time visual.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "In spite of every effort by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission, it proved impossible to establish the cause of the accident."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (179)
Folha da Noite, 12 August 1958 p.1
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