Manaus – Belém

On October 24, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Manaus – Belém experienced a crash involving Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near Parintins Amazonas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a cargo flight from Manaus to Belém, carrying a load of dangerous goods. The airplane caught fire in flight and the captain reduced his altitude and performed an emergency landing on Rio Amazonas off Parintins. All occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PCY, MSN CV-242, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.6345°, -56.7319°.