- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 01, 1949
Time: 19:00
Location: Taquaracucu, Brazil
Operator: REAL
Flight #: ?
Route: Sao Palo, Brazil - Jacarezinho, Panama
AC Type: Douglas DC-3 (C-47-DL)
Registration: PP-YPM
cn / ln: 4241
Aboard: 22   (passengers:18  crew:4)
Fatalities: 20   (passengers:16  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a mountainside while circling to land. Crew error. Lack of flight discipline. Poor decision by Chief of Operations in allowing the aircraft to continue flight in poor weather conditions.
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