Narrative:
Crashed into a mountain.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 27 September 1946 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-228D |
| Operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PCH |
| MSN: | 4087 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Rio de Janeiro, RJ ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
Crashed into a mountain.
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Distance from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).
Distance from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-3
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- 2396th loss
- 755th fatal accident
- 20th worst accident (at the time)
- 113th worst accident (currently)
Brazil- The worst accident (at the time)
- 27th worst accident (currently)
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