Salvador - Salvador

On January 26, 1955 at 02:00 AM, Salvador - Salvador experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Cabo de Santo Agostinho Pernambuco.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a night maritime patrol mission out from Salvador. At 0200LT, in unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea few km off Cabo de Santo Agostinho. No trace of the airplane nor the five crew members was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5044, MSN 6327, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -8.2839°, -35.0321°.