Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On August 1, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Curtiss F-5, operated by Brazilian Navy - Aviação Naval Brasileira, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 11.1%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The seaplane departed Ponte do Galeão at 0800LT On a local training flight. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed in the bay of Guanabara, north of Ilha das Enxadas. Eight crew members were rescued while the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 316.

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