Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On September 3, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti S.55, operated by Brazilian Navy - Aviação Naval Brasileira, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 37.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The seaplane was engaged in a local mission out of Rio de Janeiro when it collided with a second S.55 operated by the same forces and registered 5. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed in the Guanabara Bay. Three crew members on board the S.55 registered 9 were killed and two others on board the S.55 registered 5. All 12 other crew members were injured. The exact circumstances of the collision are unclear.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9053°, -43.2268°.