1952 Palmeiras de Goias Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 crash
1952 aviation accident
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Incident | |
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Date | August 12, 1952 (1952-08-12) |
Summary | In-flight fire |
Site | Palmeiras de Goias, Brazil |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas C-47A |
Operator | Transportes Aéreos Nacional |
Registration | PP-ANH |
Flight origin | Rio Verde Airport, Brazil |
Destination | Goiania-Santa Genoveva Airport, Brazil |
Passengers | 20 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 24 |
Survivors | 0 |
The 1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air fire occurred on 12 August 1952 when a Douglas C-47A registered PP-ANH was destroyed after a in-flight fire caused it to crash near Palmeiras de Goiás, Brazil.[1]
The 1944-built C-47 was on a domestic flight from Rio Verde Airport to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, belonged to Viabras and was operated by Transportes Aéreos Nacional.[2][3]
References
- Citations
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 11/52
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Palmeiras de Goiás". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 118–125. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
- Bibliography
- World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
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