Date & Time:
Mar 18, 1963 at 1111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Operator:
Registration:
PT-BAY
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Aerial photography
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Belo Horizonte - Caratinga
MSN:
1439A
YOM:
1938
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
2
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport on a photogrammetry flight to Caratinga, Minas Gerais. Just after liftoff, while climbing to a height of about 60 metres, the pilot initiated a 45° turn when control was lost. The airplane crashed on a bulldozer parked near the runway end and burst into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Jacy Machado, pilot,
Stenio Benedito dos Santos, navigator.
Passengers.
Rogério Sixel de Paula, engineer,
Ronald Sutter Silveira, engineer.
Crew:
Jacy Machado, pilot,
Stenio Benedito dos Santos, navigator.
Passengers.
Rogério Sixel de Paula, engineer,
Ronald Sutter Silveira, engineer.
