Vitória da Conquista – Salvador

On May 30, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Vitória da Conquista – Salvador experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Aerovias Brasil, with the event recorded near Ilhéus Bahia.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 86.7%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Vitória da Conquista to Salvador, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the captain decided to reduce his altitude to avoid clouds when the aircraft went through a cumulonimbus area. Severe turbulences were encountered and the aircraft went out of control when both wings broke off and separated. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in the region of Ilhéus. Two passengers were seriously injured while 13 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-AVZ, MSN 9156, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.4913°, -39.0728°.