Belo Horizonte – Rio de Janeiro

On September 27, 1946 at 05:30 PM, Belo Horizonte – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near Rio Doce Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

25 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airport of Belo Horizonte-Pampulha was closed all day to traffic due to heavy rain falls and reopened in the afternoon. About thirty minutes into the flight, bound for Santos Dumont Airfield in Rio de Janeiro, the crew encountered poor visibility with a low cloud base. While flying at an insufficient altitude, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located near Rio Doce, killing all 25 occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PCH, MSN 4087, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.2448°, -42.8970°.