São Paulo – Bauru – Marília – Tupã – Londrina

On May 13, 1952 at 10:20 AM, São Paulo – Bauru – Marília – Tupã – Londrina experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near São Paulo São Paulo.

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

22 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 17 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 22.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, while in initial climb, the left engine suffered vibrations. The crew shot down the engine and feathered the propeller before making a turn to fly back to the airport. Shortly later, the right engine suffered technical issues as well and when the pilot lowered the gear, the aircraft lost height, hit obstacles and crashed near a soccer field. Both pilots and two passengers were killed while 18 other occupants were injured, some of them seriously. Few hours later, one of the survivors died from his injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SPM, MSN 16894/34151, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.4648°, -46.8584°.