Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On March 26, 1964 at 11:30 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport on a local training flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the crew informed ATC that the right engine caught fire and received the permission to return for an emergency landing. Unable to extinguish the fire, the crew feathered the propeller and reduced his altitude when the right wing, on fire, detached. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and crashed into the Guanabara Bay. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-LDL, MSN 33467, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8057°, -43.4315°.