Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On December 3, 1928 at 08:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Dornier Do J Wal, operated by Syndicato Condor, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 14 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: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft named 'Santos Dumont' was engaged in a special flight over the Guanabara Bay to take part to the celebrations for the return of Alberto Santos Dumont in Brazil. While cruising at a height of 300 feet, the pilot was forced to make a sharp turn to avoid a collision with another Dornier Do J Wal registered P-BAIA and named 'Guanabara'. During the turn, a part of a wing failed due to a structural failure and the seaplane entered a dive and crashed in the Guanabara Bay, near the German ship named 'Cap Arcona' that just arrived in Rio with the Brazilian Aviator Alberto Santos Dumont on board. The seaplane crashed off the Cobras Island, killing all 14 people aboard.

Aircraft reference details include registration P-BACA, MSN 83, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9053°, -43.2268°.