Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo

On January 15, 1963 at 04:12 PM, Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Cruzeiro do Sul, with the event recorded near São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

45 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 32 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.9%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 40, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 7.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While descending to São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and low visibility. As a result, ATC instructed the crew to make a go around and to divert to another airport. The pilot-in-command started the go around manoeuvre when control was lost. The airplane stalled and crashed onto several houses located in the district of Jabaquara, less than one km short of runway 35. Three houses were destroyed and the airplane as well. A crew member, five passengers and seven people on the ground were killed while 39 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-CEV, MSN 6, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.8056°, -49.4054°.