Buenos Aires – Montevideo – Rio de Janeiro – Port of Spain – New York

On April 29, 1952 at 04:40 AM, Buenos Aires – Montevideo – Rio de Janeiro – Port of Spain – New York experienced a crash involving Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, operated by Pan American World Airways - PAA, with the event recorded near Porto Nacional Tocantins.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

50 people were known to be on board, 50 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 41, passenger fatalities: 41, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft christened 'Clipper Good Hope' left Rio de Janeiro at 0243LT bound for Port of Spain, completing an international schedule flight from Buenos Aires to New York. While cruising by night and good weather under VFR conditions at an altitude of 14,500 feet, the airplane suffered severe vibrations, went out of control and crashed in an uninhabited and isolated area located about 120 km southeast of Porto Nacional. The wreckage was found two days later and all 50 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1039V, MSN 15939, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -10.7020°, -48.4111°.