Narrative:
Weather conditions on final approach caused the pilot to go around. Another attempt to land was made, this time a tailwind landing. The Curtiss could not be stopped on the runway and overran into Guanabara Bay.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot error associated with adverse weather conditions and the wet runway."
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 15 April 1951 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | PP-LDC |
| MSN: | 30443 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
Weather conditions on final approach caused the pilot to go around. Another attempt to land was made, this time a tailwind landing. The Curtiss could not be stopped on the runway and overran into Guanabara Bay.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot error associated with adverse weather conditions and the wet runway."
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» El Siglo de Torreón 16 April 1951, p3Photos
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