Porto Alegre – Laguna – Rio de Janeiro

On November 7, 1930 at 02:00 PM, Porto Alegre – Laguna – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Junkers G.24, operated by Syndicato Condor, with the event recorded near Iguape São Paulo.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 10.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft departed Porto Alegre at 0600LT bound for Rio de Janeiro with six passengers and a crew of three on board. During the intermediate stop at Laguna, Santa Catarina, a seventh passenger boarded. The aircraft named 'Potyguar' continued to the northeast and while cruising some 500 metres off the beach of Icapara, the aircraft 'exploded', lost height and crashed into the sea. Nine occupants were quickly rescued by locals while a passenger, Colonel Attila Gaston Joseph Campos Salvaterra, was killed. Crew: Heinz Luels, pilot, Herbert Hermann, copilot, Guido Kleinat, mechanic. Passengers: Colonel Attila Gaston Joseph Campos Salvaterra, † Dr. Joseph Falcani, Dr. Hannibal Loureiro, Colonel de Basil Bicca Avila, Jean Cunha, George Frederic Pichel, Dr. Demetrius Mercio Xavier.

Aircraft reference details include registration P-BAHA, MSN 921, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -24.7043°, -47.5564°.