Curitiba – Sao Paulo

On August 18, 1941 at 12:00 AM, Curitiba – Sao Paulo experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near São Paulo São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 57.1%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport, the crew was forced to make a go around for undetermined reasons. While circling for a new approach, the aircraft deviated from the prescribed flight path to the south and hit the slope of a mountain located in the Cantareira Mountain Range, some 24 km south of the airport. Six occupants were rescued while eight others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PBD, MSN 2083, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.4648°, -46.8584°.