Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 15, 1952, Guaíra...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 15, 1952 near Guaíra Paraná, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: The cause was that the pilot lost...
- Date: August 15, 1952
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Guaíra Paraná, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The cause was that the pilot lost orientation in poor weather.
A Viação Aérea Santos Dumont DC 3 flying from Rio de Janeiro toward Asunción lost its bearings as the weather worsened on 15 August 1952. The captain diverted to Guaíra for an emergency landing, and on approach in poor weather the aircraft crashed in a field and came to rest upside down. No one was killed, but the aircraft was written off.