Rio de Janeiro – Brasilia

On October 30, 1974 at 04:30 AM, Rio de Janeiro – Brasilia experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by Río Táxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After a night takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames into the Guanabara Bay few dozen yards offshore. Both crew members were killed. It was reported the aircraft caught fire shortly after rotation for unknown reason.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-DOZ, MSN A-450, year of manufacture 1948.

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