Incident Overview
Date: Monday 17 September 1951
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: REAL Transportes Areos
Registration Number: PP-YPX
Location: Ubatuba, SP –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Aircraft navigation and communication systems.Aircraft navigation and communication systems.
Category: Accident
A Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, PP-YPX, experienced a significant loss of communication and navigational guidance during its flight from Rio de Janeiro to S?o Paulo-Congonhas Airport. The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination and was subsequently recovered near Ubatuba after approximately two days.A Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, PP-YPX, experienced a significant loss of communication and navigational guidance during its flight from Rio de Janeiro to S?o Paulo-Congonhas Airport. The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination and was subsequently recovered near Ubatuba after approximately two days.
Description
The Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, registered PP-YPX, departed Rio de Janeiro at 18:10 on a domestic flight to S?o Paulo-Congonhas Airport, Brazil. The airplane failed to arrive at S?o Paulo and was declared missing. The wreckage was found after about two days near Ubatuba.
Source of Information
http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/09/18/1/, http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/09/20/1/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/09/18/1/, http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/09/20/1/Primary Cause
Communication failure and navigational errors.Communication failure and navigational errors.Share on:
