Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 APR 1971 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | FAB2414 |
| C/n / msn: | 43746/297 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 83 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Military passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
A Brazilian Air Force DC-6 was en route from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro when engine vibrations forced the crew to return to Manaus. On the ground one of the right hand engines burst into flames. The fire spread to the fuselage, causing the death of sixteen occupants.
Sources:
» The Pittsburgh Press - Apr 29, 1971
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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.
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