Santa Helena – Manaus – Boa Vista

On April 28, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Santa Helena – Manaus – Boa Vista experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Cruzeiro do Sul, with the event recorded near Barcelos Amazonas.

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

21 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 21 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed in unknown circumstance in the Rio Negro near Barcelos. While all 21 occupants were rescued, the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-CCD, MSN 15811/32559, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.9729°, -62.9256°.