Cumbica - Cumbica

On September 18, 1965 at 04:00 PM, Cumbica - Cumbica experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Tietê São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as training 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 crew was completing a training sortie from Cumbica AFB when an unexpected situation occurred in flight. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into Tietê River, near the city of Tietê. The pilot Mario Luís Figueron was killed while three other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5140, MSN 108-35108, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.1030°, -47.7148°.