ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335862
| Date: | Wednesday 6 June 1951 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3D |
| Owner/operator: | Linha Aérea Transcontinental Brasileira |
| Registration: | PP-NAL |
| MSN: | 42979 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gramacho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
Struck high ground at a height of 180 feet in poor visibility. The crew were flying VFR in IFR conditions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Disregard of flight regulations- during an instrument flight the pilot attempted a descent over an area where the minimum safe height was 1200 feet."
Sources:
Folha da Manhã, 7-6-1951
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