Carolina – Belém

On August 16, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Carolina – Belém experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Rio Capim Pará.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Carolina to Belém-Va-de-Cans Airport, the left engine failed, caught fire then exploded. The crew informed ATC about his situation when few minutes later, the right engine lost power. The crew was forced to jettison few of the cargo and the captain elected to ditch the aircraft into the Rio Capim, some 230 km south of Belém. The aircraft floated about 15 minutes then sank and was lost. Three crew members were rescued while the fourth drowned.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-NMF, MSN 26971, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.6458°, -48.8846°.