Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 8 September 1948
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar
Owner/operator: Universal Transportes Areos – UTA
Registration Number: PP-BBB
Location: Barbacena, MG –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: UndercarriageUndercarriage
Category: Accident
A flight between Rio de Janeiro and S?o Loureno experienced an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion, resulting in an undercarriage collapse caused by impact with a ravine. Two crew members sustained injuries.A flight between Rio de Janeiro and S?o Loureno experienced an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion, resulting in an undercarriage collapse caused by impact with a ravine. Two crew members sustained injuries.
Description
The flight crew became lost on a flight between Rio de Janeiro and S?o Loureno. An emergency landing was performed into a field after it ran out of fuel. The undercarriage collapsed when it ran into a ravine. Two injuries.
Primary Cause
Fuel exhaustion and impact with a ravine.Fuel exhaustion and impact with a ravine.Share on:
