Rio de Janeiro – Porto Alegre

On July 28, 1950 at 07:25 PM, Rio de Janeiro – Porto Alegre experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-049 Constellation, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

51 people were known to be on board, 51 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 44, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. A first approach to Porto Alegre was abandoned due to poor weather conditions. The crew followed a circuit vertical to the city and eventually informed ATC that his fuel reserve was low. During a second attempt to land, while approaching in VFR mode in low visibility, the four engine aircraft was too low when it hit power cables and crashed in flames on the slope of a 200 meters hill located about 15 km from the runway threshold. All 51 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the pilot in command was trying to maintain a visual contact with the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PCG, MSN 2062, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -30.0341°, -51.1576°.