Date:	Tuesday 12 August 1947
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina - FAMA
Registration:	LV-ABL
MSN:	3080
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES -   Brazil
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ

Narrative:
A Douglas C-54 aircraft was engaged in flying an Argentine delegation to the Conferencia Interamericana which was being held in Rio de Janeiro. In thick fog the airplane flew past the destination. A forced landing was carried out near Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, 315 km northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

Piston Engine Airliner Production List / A.B. Eastwood, J. Roach, 1996
WAAS
El Litoral 13-8-1947

photo (c) João da Silva; Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES; 13 August 1947

photo (c) João da Silva; Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES; 13 August 1947

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