| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 10, 1957 |
| Time: | 1520 |
| Location: | Anchieta Island, Brazil |
| Operator: | REAL |
| Flight #: | 1800 |
| Route: | Rio de Janerio - Sao Paulo |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | PP-ANX |
| cn / ln: | 13048 |
| Aboard: | 30 (passengers:26 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 26 (passengers:23 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While en route, fire broke out in the starboard engine. As the plane lost altitude and because of reduced visibility, the pilot did not see the peak of a mountain. When he tried to pull up the plane stalled and crashed. Engine failure. |
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