Date:	Wednesday 9 May 1962
Time:	22:30
Type:	Convair CV-240-0
Owner/operator:	Cruzeiro do Sul
Registration:	PP-CEZ
MSN:	25
Year of manufacture:	1949
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 25
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,8 km NE of Vitoria-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX) -   Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ
Destination airport:	Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Convair struck a eucalyptus tree at a height of 40 m, 1860 m short of runway 23. At that point of the approach, the aircraft should have been at 150 m agl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Approach not carried out in accordance with company procedures; misjudged distance from runway.

ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume II, Circular 71-AN/63 (62-64)

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