Douglas DC-3 crash, Aug 26, 1955 (13 killed), Mt Forno Gr...
Douglas DC-3 accident on August 26, 1955 near Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo, Brazil with 13 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft left the airway and flew...
- Date: August 26, 1955
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft left the airway and flew into Mt Forno Grande, a peak that was not marked on the charts in use, after departing from the approved flight plan.
The DC 3 left Rio de Janeiro for Caravelas on an instrument flight plan and reported over Campos at 1,500 meters. It then disappeared, and its wreckage was found on the summit of Mt Forno Grande in Espírito Santo. All 13 people aboard were killed.