São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro

On September 8, 1951 at 07:00 PM, São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by VASP - Viação Aérea de São Paulo, with the event recorded near São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 160.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 6.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, while in initial climb, the pilot-in-command encountered problems and lost control of the aircraft that crashed onto several houses located in the Jabaquara neighborhood. On ground, someone decided to light candles in order to get more light when the fuel that flowed to the ground ignited. Few explosions occurred, killing all ten occupants inside the aircraft and six people on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SPQ, MSN 1559, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.8056°, -49.4054°.