Fairchild C-82 Packet crash, Jan 16, 1958 (3 killed), Bel...
Fairchild C-82 Packet accident on January 16, 1958 near Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil with 3 fatalities. Cause: The cause was a...
- Date: January 16, 1958
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-82 Packet
- Location: Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The cause was a left engine fire and explosion shortly after rotation.
A Cruzeiro do Sul Fairchild C 82 Packet crashed in a large explosion shortly after takeoff from Belem Val de Cans Airport in Para, Brazil, following a left engine fire and explosion. All three crew members were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.