Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aerovias Brasil |
Registration: | PP-AVZ |
MSN: | 9156 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Ilhéus, BA -
Brazil
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Vitória da Conquista Airport, BA (VDC/SBQV) |
Destination airport: | Salvador-Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV) |
Narrative:VFR conditions existed en route from Vitória to Salvador until the aircraft encountered clouds at FL100. A descent was initiated and the DC-3 descended through dense cumulo-nimbus (Cb) clouds with strong positive and negative gusts. These gusts caused the displacement of passengers and freight. Control was lost and both wings separated as the aircraft descended at a speed greater than the never exceed speed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Unexpected occurrence of the worst weather conditions en route. 2) Pilots imprudence in initiating a descent without being certain he had flown beyond the turbulence area."
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