São Paulo – Jacarezinho – Londrina

On December 1, 1949 at 01:00 PM, São Paulo – Jacarezinho – Londrina experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Real Aerovias, with the event recorded near Ribeirão Claro Paraná.

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

22 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 90.9%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft left São Paulo-Congonhas Airport in the morning on a flight to Londrina with an intermediate stop in Jacarezinho. En route, the on board ADF system failed and the captain (aged 23) decided to return to Congonhas. But the operations forced the crew to continue the flight. Few minutes later, weather conditions worsened and the visibility was very bad due to low clouds and heavy rain falls. While cruising at an insufficient altitude, the aircraft hit the slope of the Serra dos Ruvina located near Ribeirão Claro. Two passengers, a woman and her kid aged 5 were rescued while all 20 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-YPM, MSN 4241, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.1579°, -49.7594°.