Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
Registration: | 08 |
MSN: | 25686/14241 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Barreiras, BA ( Brazil)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed into hill and burst into flames when it was too low on approach in dense fog.
Sources:
» Folha da Manhã 3 April 1945, p2
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.