| Date: | Monday 14 September 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LDM |
| MSN: | 26397 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
The Curtiss was returning to Congonhas Airport when struck trees and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Wrong interpretation of the navigation charts for instrument landing in IFR conditions."
Sources:
Folha da Noite 14 September 1953, p1+9
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