Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 JAN 1949 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-10-01 Lodestar |
| Operator: | SAVAG - Viação Aérea Gaucha |
| Registration: | PP-SAC |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2112 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS (PET) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS (PET/SBPK), Brazil |
| Porto Alegre Airport, RS (POA/SBPA), Brazil |
Crashed after takeoff. Presumably the engines failed due to fuel contamination.
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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 Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS to Porto Alegre Airport, RS as the crow flies is 221 km (138 miles).
Distance from Pelotas-Federal Airport, RS to Porto Alegre Airport, RS as the crow flies is 221 km (138 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.
