Fortaleza - Fortaleza

On May 24, 1954 at 02:40 PM, Fortaleza - Fortaleza experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Fortaleza Ceará.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from runway 31 at Fortaleza Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed in the district of Antônio Berezza, about 6 km northwest of the airfield. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5129.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.7478°, -38.4611°.