Date: | Tuesday 22 October 1974 |
Time: | 16:40 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Projeto Rondon |
Registration: | PP-FOR |
MSN: | 19230 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bias Fortes, MG -
Brazil
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) |
Destination airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
Investigating agency: | SIPAER |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 crashed encountered cumulonimbus clouds along the route. The pilot attempted to divert to Barbacena, however the aircraft entered a violent hailstrom. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
Contriburing factors:
- Adverse meteorological conditions
- Deficient flight planning
- Deficient flight safety doctrine
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | SIPAER |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
La Nación 24 October 1974, p24A
Jornal do Brasil 23 October 1974, p24
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Brasilia International Airport, DF; January 1972
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