Date: | Monday 11 August 1958 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
Registration: | PP-LEQ |
MSN: | 10544 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 11 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ilha Carnapijo, PA -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG) |
Destination airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-4 crashed shortly after a postion report over the 'Piranha' beacon had been received by Belém. The crew also reported the Belém controller that they were descending on a night time visual.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "In spite of every effort by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission, it proved impossible to establish the cause of the accident."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (179)
Folha da Noite, 12 August 1958 p.1 Statistics
- 57th worst accident in 1958
- 93rd worst accident of this aircraft type
- 62nd worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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