Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On November 22, 1959 at 07:00 PM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), operated by Navegação Aérea Brasileira - NAB, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after a night takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 16 km off Ilha Rasa, south of Rio de Janeiro. Few debris were found floating on water few hours after the crash. The main wreckage and both pilots pilots bodies were found later on. The crew was completing a pilot proficiency check flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-NAZ, MSN 7387, year of manufacture 1942.

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