Rio de Janeiro – Caravelas

On August 26, 1955 at 08:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro – Caravelas experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Cruzeiro do Sul, with the event recorded near Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft took off from Rio for Caravelas with an IFR flight plan specifying flight at 1,500 meters along airway Vd-1, carrying 4 crew members and 9 passengers. After 58 minutes of flight the aircraft reported that it was over Campos at 1,500 meters. There was no further news from the aircraft whose wreckage was later discovered on the summit of Mt Forno Grande in the State of Espírito Santo. There were no survivors and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-CBY, MSN 11692, year of manufacture 1943.