Santo Amaro - Santo Amaro

On August 5, 1934 at 02:35 PM, Santo Amaro - Santo Amaro experienced a crash involving Latécoère 26, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Santo Amaro Bahia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Santo Amaro at 1430LT on a local flight with two crew members and five passengers. About five minutes into the flight, the airplane impacted a tree and crashed, bursting into flames. All five passengers were slightly injured while the pilot was killed and the radio operator was seriously injured. He died of injuries the next day. Crew: Victor Etienne, pilot, Henrique Baudel, radio navigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AILK, MSN 662, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -12.5520°, -38.7060°.