Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro

On August 12, 1947 at 12:00 AM, Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Flota Aerea Mercante Argentina - FAMA, with the event recorded near Itapemirim Espírito Santo.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft was completing a flight from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro, carrying an Argentinian delegation to the Inter-American Conference in Rio de Janeiro. Due to poor visibility caused by thick fog, the crew failed to establish a visual contact with the airport of Rio and continued to the northeast. Eventually, the captain elected to make an emergency landing, maybe due to fuel shortage. The aircraft crash landed on a beach located in Itapemirim, about 330 km northeast of Rio. The aircraft was written off while all occupants were unhurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-ABL, MSN 3080, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.8375°, -41.1614°.