ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140549
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 December 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker S.11 (T-21) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) |
| Registration: | 0742 |
| MSN: | 038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rio de Janairo, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Vickers 827 Viscount passenger plane was destroyed in an accident following a mid-air collision with a military training aircraft. All 26 passengers and six crew members were killed in the accident. Ten people on the ground were killed when the Viscount crashed in a residential area. The pilot of the Fokker S.11 trainer, Cadet Eduardo da Silva Pereira, parachuted to safety.
The accident happened when the Força Aérea Brasileira Fokker T-21 (S.11), FAB0742, was manoeuvring in the approach path of Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport. The Viscount came down in Rua Peçanha Póvoas, some 4km south of the airport. The Fokker crashed near the Rua Joaquim de Queiroz.
Sources:
http://forum.aeroentusiasta.com.br/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30393&start=12
O Estado de S.Paulo 21 December 1960, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2011 02:48 | harro | Added |
| 23-Mar-2014 21:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2014 19:41 | TB | Updated [Registration] |
| 03-Oct-2021 18:00 | TB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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