ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333503
| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | REAL Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-AVL |
| MSN: | 9886 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Concórdia, SC -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
| Concórdia Airport, SC (CCI/SSCK) |
The DC-3, which was carrying a cargo of frozen meat, crashed into a hill some 1500 m short of the Concórdia runway in adverse weather conditions.
A newspaper report at the time suggested the accident occurred during an emergency landing near Videira, SC when both engines (!) caught fire in flight.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Continuation of visual flight in adverse weather conditions."
Sources:
Folha de São Paulo 7 September 1961, p16
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