| Date: | Wednesday 3 August 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras |
| Registration: | PP-AJB |
| MSN: | 9971 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Joinville, SC -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Curitiba (unknown airport), PR |
| Joinville-Cubatão Airport, SC (JOI/SBJV) |
The propellers of both no. 1 and no. 2 engine detached in flight. The crew ditched the aircraft close to the shore.
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 4 August 1949, p5
Images:
photo (c) Silvio Adriani Cardoso; Joinville, SC; 1949
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