Date: | Thursday 12 August 1965 |
Time: | 07:00 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
Registration: | PP-BTH |
MSN: | 30571 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 27761 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Barra do Bugres, MT -
Brazil
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon International Airport, MT (CGB/SBCY) |
Destination airport: | Porto Velho Airport, RO (PVH/SBPV) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft departed Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon Airport, at 06:21, for Porto Velho Airport with an IFR flight plan. At the outskirts of Barra do Bugres, about 30 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft turned back towards Cuiabá with its left engine on fire. While over Buracao, its left wing and engine broke away from the fuselage and it crashed to the ground out of control.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was a structural failure. Bolts of the No. 8 cylinder, left engine, fractured.
Contributing factors were defective fire detection and fire extinguishing systems."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume I (171-174)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Manowel Estrella; Barra do Bugres, MT
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