ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336160
| Date: | Friday 26 May 1950 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SRV |
| MSN: | 25985/14540 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
| Ribeirão Preto-Leite Lopes Airport, SP (RAO/SBRP) |
The takeoff from Sao Paulo had to be aborted because of the failure of the no. 2 engine. The DC-3 ran off the runway and collided with a pile of earth pushing the no. 1 engine into the fuselage.
The aircraft operated on a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport to Ribeirão Preto and São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Total failure of starboard engine on takeoff run."
Sources:
Folha da Manha 27 May 1950, p5
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