Date:	Saturday 12 September 1953
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration:	2051
MSN:	13109
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) -   Brazil
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft overran the runway into Guanabara Bay after aborted takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft sank after five minutes.

Correio da Manhã 13 September 1953, p3 (2°Caderno)
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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