Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 DEC 1965 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-LDQ |
| C/n / msn: | 30343 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Salvador, BA (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Salvador-Dois de Julho Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
After takeoff nr. 1 engine power had to be reduced due to a high oil temperature warning. The crew experienced difficulties maintaining height and added power on the nr. 1 engine again. While trying to return to the airport the engine failed, forcing an emergency landing outside the airport.
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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.
