Lockheed L-049 Constellation crash, Jun 16, 1955 (16 killed)
Lockheed L-049 Constellation accident on June 16, 1955 near Asunción Distrito Capital, Paraguay with 16 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error in the...
- Date: June 16, 1955
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-049 Constellation
- Location: Asunción Distrito Capital, Paraguay
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error in the instrument approach, with the final approach started too far from the airport.
A Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation on a scheduled service from London to Buenos Aires was approaching Asunción on 16 June 1955 when it crashed. Sixteen of the 24 people on board were killed. The aircraft was descending through cloud when its left wing struck trees, and the fuselage caught fire.