| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-10 Catalina (PBY-5) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 6502 |
| MSN: | 1079 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Porto de Moz, PA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Belém (unknown airport), PA |
| Manaus Air Base, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
Went missing with 16 occupants. Wreckage discovered from the air 22 December 1947 at Fazenda Aquiqui with no sign of survivors.
Sources:
Associaçao Brasileira de Catalineiros
El Litoral 23 December 1947, p1
Folha da Manhã 23 December 1947, p4
Folha da Manhã 27 December 1947, p3
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