| Date: | Saturday 24 May 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LDE |
| MSN: | 446 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Manaus, AM -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
The Curtiss stalled when trying to return to the airport following an engine failure. The aircraft crashed into the Rio Negro.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Failure of maintenance staff to remove the flying control locks. 2) Failure of one engine for reason undetermined."
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 25 May 1952, p.4
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