| Date: | Saturday 31 May 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-BTB |
| MSN: | 33304 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
The C-46 Commando cargo plane suffered a failure of the no.1 engine after takeoff. It then hit a hit the mast of a freight ship and crashed.
Sources:
Diário de Lisboa 1 June 1958, p3 (2°edicao)
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