ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335877
| Date: | Friday 18 May 1951 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-45-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SPL |
| MSN: | 34274/17011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km from Rancharia, SP -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, SP |
| Presidente Prudente Airport, SP (PPB/SBDN) |
Hit high ground in bad weather.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot's imprudence in attempting to fly visual in unfavourable weather conditions and very poor visibility."
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 19 May 1951, p1
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