São Luís – Grajaú

On January 13, 1953 at 12:00 AM, São Luís – Grajaú experienced a crash involving Lockheed 10 Electra, operated by Aeronorte, with the event recorded near Rosario Maranhão.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and decided to attempt an emergency landing when control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a field located near Rosário. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-NBC, MSN 1073, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.9406°, -44.2491°.