Douglas DC-7 crash, Oct 14, 1961, Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio...
Douglas DC-7 accident on October 14, 1961 near Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Deterioration of the...
- Date: October 14, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
- Location: Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Deterioration of the hydraulic fluid affecting rubber and plastic sealing rings
A Panair do Brasil DC 7C on a Manaus to Belém service lost its primary hydraulic system in flight and landed at Belém Val de Cans on 14 October 1961. On the landing roll the crew lost control when reverse thrust was applied, the aircraft veered off the runway into soft ground and came to rest in a ravine, and it was damaged beyond repair with no injuries.