Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On December 4, 1933 at 11:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Aviação Militar, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Galeão Airport on a local training mission. While flying at a height of about 400 metres, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Guanabara Bay, some 30 metres offshore. A pilot was rescued while the second occupant was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration K-142, MSN 3001, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8112°, -43.2586°.