Date: | Sunday 12 September 1954 |
Time: | 20:07 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
Registration: | PP-CDJ |
MSN: | 19278 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 25 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
Destination airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
Narrative:Below minimum weather conditions at the destination forced the crew to return to Rio de Janeiro. Severe vibrations on the no. 1 engine made the crew feather the propeller. On finals to Rio de Janeiro the DC-3 came in too high. An overshoot was attempted but the aircraft descended and crashed into the Guanabara Bay.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Lack of reference to instruments after opening the throttle to go-around in restricted visibility. 2) Power may have been inadvertently reduced on the operative engine."
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 60)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 12, 1954 Folha da Noite 13 September 1954, p1+8 Folha da Noite 14 September 1954, p1+9
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