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| Date: | Monday 9 July 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2062 |
| MSN: | 20216 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB) |
Crashed on the bank of a river.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 10 July 1956
Jornal do Brasil 12 July 1956, p12
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