| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 1 December 1949 |
| Time: | ca 13:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | REAL Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-YPM |
| MSN: | 4241 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Ribeirão Claro, PR ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Jacarezinho Airport, PR (SSJE), Brazil |
Crashed into a mountain.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Crew error- imprudence and lack of flight discipline. 2) Wrong decision by Chief of Operations in allowing aircraft to continue flight in bad weather conditions."
Classification:
Sources:
» The Dispatch - Dec 2, 1949Photos
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Jacarezinho Airport, PR as the crow flies is 339 km (212 miles).
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Jacarezinho Airport, PR as the crow flies is 339 km (212 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
- ca 13.000 built
- 2791st loss
- 960th fatal accident
- 103rd worst accident (at the time)
- 226th worst accident (currently)
Brazil- 7th worst accident (at the time)
- 47th worst accident (currently)
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