Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo

On April 10, 1957 at 03:20 PM, Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Real Aerovias, with the event recorded near Anchieta Island São Paulo.

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

30 people were known to be on board, 26 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 86.7%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 23, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was proceeding from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo on IFR flight 1800 VD-3 and was near Ubatuba when fire broke out in the starboard engine. Finding it impossible to continue the flight, the pilot turned back to the south, losing altitude, intending to land at Ubatuba. Owing to slight rain, he failed to see Papagaio Peak on Anchieta Island until he was very close to it. When he attempted to pull the nose up to clear the obstruction the aircraft went into a stall and crashed against the mountain at 1520LT and burned. Three crew members and twenty-three passengers were killed. One crew member and three passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-ANX, MSN 13048, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.5436°, -45.0633°.