Date & Time:
Aug 4, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Latécoère 26
Operator:
Registration:
F-AILB
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
654
YOM:
1927
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing in Porto Alegre, the single engine airplane came to rest upside down, partially submerged in the Rio Guaíba. The pilot Raoul MacLeod was injured while the navigator Jean Macaigne was unhurt.
