Date:	Friday 19 January 1968
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration:	2026
MSN:	20459
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	General Carneiro, MG -   Brazil
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The C-47 operated on a flight from Campo Grande Air Base to several airstrip in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The pilot landed on a short airstrip in the Kuluene region for unknown reasons, possibly the pilot was not familiar with the region.
The pilot attempted to take off again, but the aircraft crashed and caught fire.

O Estado de S.Paulo 30 January 1968, p7
Scramble 308
Jornal do Brasil 1 February 1968, p7

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