Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo – Presidente Prudente

On May 18, 1951 at 07:10 PM, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo – Presidente Prudente experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near Rancharia São Paulo.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the descent to Presidente Prudente Airport by night and in poor weather conditions when the airplane hit a hill and crashed about 8 km from Rancheria. All seven occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SPL, MSN 17011/34274, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.2295°, -50.8922°.