Date:	Tuesday 22 October 1974
Time:	16:40
Type:	Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Projeto Rondon
Registration:	PP-FOR
MSN:	19230
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bias Fortes, MG -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ)
Investigating agency:	SIPAER
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-3 crashed encountered cumulonimbus clouds along the route. The pilot attempted to divert to Barbacena, however the aircraft entered a violent hailstrom. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.

Contriburing factors:
- Adverse meteorological conditions
- Deficient flight planning
- Deficient flight safety doctrine

La Nación 24 October 1974, p24A
Jornal do Brasil 23 October 1974, p24

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Brasilia International Airport, DF; January 1972

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