ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330716
| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1971 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-414A |
| Owner/operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CBV |
| MSN: | 4977 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sena Madureira, AC -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sena Madureira Airport, AC (ZMD) |
| Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB) |
The DC-3 tried to return to the airport after an engine failure on climbout. A circuit was flown at low height. During a turn, the right wing struck trees, causing the aircraft to crash.
Sources:
Jornal do Brasil - 29th September 1971
Folha da Sao Paulo
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