Goiânia – Uberlândia – Rio de Janeiro

On February 28, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Goiânia – Uberlândia – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near Uberlândia Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

31 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 22 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 29.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Uberlândia Airport, the airplane was too low and hit trees with its left wing, stalled and crashed. Six passengers and three crew members were killed while 22 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PCN, MSN 3284, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -18.9158°, -48.2519°.