- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 12, 1965
Time: 1100
Location: Near Cuiaba, Brazil
Operator: Paraense Transportes Aéreos
Flight #: ?
Route: Mato Grosso - Porto Velho
AC Type: Curtiss C-46A
Registration: PP-BTH
cn / ln: 30571
Aboard: 13   (passengers:10  crew:3)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:10  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: About 30 minutes after taking off, the aircraft turned back to Mato Grosso with its left engine on fire. While over Buracao, it's left wing and engine broke away from the fuselage and it crashed to the ground.
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