Crash of a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan near Osorio
Date & Time:
Sep 9, 1948 at 1830 LT
Operator:
Registration:
102
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Florianópolis – Montevideo
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The Uruguayan Air Force was taking delivery of nine Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and two Douglas C-47 that were transferred that day to their base in Montevideo. On the leg from Florianópolis to Montevideo, the aircraft suffered a fuel exhaustion and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft stalled and crashed on a hilly terrain located near Osorio. The aircraft was destroyed while all three crew members were injured.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
