Date:	Tuesday 15 May 1951
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Linhas Aéreas Paulistas - LAP
Registration:	PP-LPC
MSN:	19120
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 3 km W of Maceió Airport, AL (MCZ) -   Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ)
Destination airport:	Maceió Airport, AL (MCZ/SBMO)

Narrative:
The aircraft hit a tree on a forested hill between Rio Largo and Tabuleiro dos Pintos on approach to Maceió Airport, Brazil. The landing gear was damaged and the aircraft crash-landed onto the runway.

Jornal do Brasil 16 May 1951, p8
Jornal do Brasil 17 May 1951, p6

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