Convair CV-240 crash, May 9, 1962 (23 killed), Vitoria Es...
Convair CV-240 accident on May 9, 1962 near Vitoria Espírito Santo, Brazil with 23 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was too low on the final approach...
- Date: May 9, 1962
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: Vitoria Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft was too low on the final approach and hit a tree about 1,860 m short of the runway.
A Cruzeiro do Sul Convair 240 on a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Vitoria hit a eucalyptus tree on final approach at night on 9 May 1962. The aircraft came down about 1,860 m short of the runway and burned. Twenty three of the 25 people on board died; fatality counts differ between sources.