Lockheed 5 Vega crash, Jan 15, 1937, Conceição do Serro M...
Lockheed 5 Vega accident on January 15, 1937 near Conceição do Serro Minas Gerais, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: The aircraft ran out of fuel after...
- Date: January 15, 1937
- Aircraft: Lockheed 5 Vega
- Location: Conceição do Serro Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft ran out of fuel after fuel was siphoned from one of its tanks.
Joseph Costa, the owner and sole pilot of the Lockheed Vega, was flying toward Rio de Janeiro on his planned flight from the United States to Portugal. The aircraft ran out of fuel and he landed in a field at Serro, Minas Gerais. He was largely unhurt, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.