| Date: | Thursday 4 March 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LPH |
| MSN: | 33283 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
An attempt to land on one engine was made. Following a hard landing on one wheel, full power was applied by the instructor because of another aircraft had entered the runway. The engine failed on climbout and the C-46 struck the mast of a ship, causing it to crash into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error of judgement on the part of the pilot."
Sources:
Folha da Manha 5 March 1954, p3
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