Last updated: 1 August 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 13 January 1939 |
| Time: | ca 16:00 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52/3mge |
| Operator: | Syndicato Condor |
| Registration: | PP-CAY |
| MSN: | 4042 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rio Bonito, RJ ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Calabouço Seaplane Base, Brazil |
The Ju-52 floatplane, named "Marimbá", flew into a mountain in the Serra do Sambé, NE of Rio de Janeiro and caught fire. The five crew members and the five passengers were killed.
Last radio contact was at 15:23 hours.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Folha da Manhã 14 January 1939, p2» Folha da Manhã 15 January 1939, p2
» O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX / Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva
Photos
accident date: 13-01-1939
type: Junkers Ju-52/3mge
registration: PP-CAY
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES to Rio de Janeiro-Calabouço Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 417 km (261 miles).
Distance from Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES to Rio de Janeiro-Calabouço Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 417 km (261 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
