Date:	Tuesday 11 January 1949
Time:
Type:	Lockheed 18-10-01 Lodestar
Owner/operator:	SAVAG - Viação Aérea Gaucha
Registration:	PP-SAC
MSN:	18-2112
Year of manufacture:	1941
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS (PET) -   Brazil
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS (PET/SBPK)
Destination airport:	Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA)

Narrative:
Crashed after takeoff. Presumably the engines failed due to fuel contamination.

Folha da Manha 12 January 1949, p3
El Tiempo 12 January 1949, p8
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