Panair Do Brasil - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

• 18 August 1941: a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBD crashed on the Cantareira mountain range near São Paulo. 8 out of 13 passengers and crew aboard died.
• 28 September 1942: a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBG crashed on the location of Pedra Branca, near Santo André. All 15 passengers and crew died.
• 31 August 1944: a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBI crashed while on night approach to São Paulo-Congonhas. All 18 occupants died.
• 21 September 1944: a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador da Bahia. All 17 occupants died.
• 27 September 1946: a Douglas DC-3-228D registration PP-PCH flying from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont crashed into a mountain near the location of Alto Rio Doce. All 25 passengers and crew died.
• 3 January 1947: a Sikorsky S-43B Baby Clipper registration PP-PBN crashed in São Paulo de Olivença. 11 out of 14 occupants died.
• 28 July 1950: a Lockheed L-049 Constellation registration PP-PCG operating flight 99 from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Porto Alegre-Canoas (Gravataí) Air Force Base struck power lines and crashed on a hill after and aborted landing and while holding in bad weather near São Leopoldo. All 50 passengers and crew died.
• 28 February 1952: a Douglas DC-3A-393 registration PP-PCN flying from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Goiânia via Uberlândia had a wing struck a tree while on going around operations to land at Uberlândia. 8 out of the 31 occupants died.
• 17 June 1953: a Lockheed L-049 Constellation registration PP-PDA, operating flight 263 from London to Buenos Aires with multiple stops, crashed on final approach to São Paulo-Congonhas. Apparently causes are related to night operations with little visibility. All 17 passengers and crew died.
• 16 June 1955: a Lockheed L-049/149 Constellation registration PP-PDJ operating flight 263 from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza via São Paulo-Congonhas and Asunción hit a 12m tree while on final approach to land at Asunción. Part of the wing broke-off, the aircraft crashed and caught fire. 16 out of 24 passengers and crew aboard died.
• 18 April 1956: a Consolidated PBY-5A/6A Catalina registration PP-PDB flying from Belém to Parintins broke in two after striking a submerged object or debris on landing procedures. 3 out of the 12 passengers and crew aboard died.
• 1 November 1961: a Douglas DC-7C registration PP-PDO en route from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Sal and Recife, during its final approach at Recife, struck a 84m hill 2,7 km away from the runway and broke-up. The aircraft was doing a night approach too low and outside the regular traffic pattern. 45 passengers and crew out of the 88 persons aboard died. The aircraft was operating the Voo da amizade (English: Friendship Flight).
• 20 August 1962: a Douglas DC-8-33 registration PP-PDT taking-off from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Lisbon overran the runway into the ocean during an aborted operation. 14 out of 120 passengers and crew aboard died.
• 14 December 1962: a Lockheed L-049 Constellation registration PP-PDE en route from Belém-Val de Cans to Manaus-Ponta Pelada crashed in the jungle, during a night approach, due to unknown causes, approximately 45 km from Manaus at the location of Paraná da Eva. All 50 passengers and crew died.