Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 7, 1978, Belo Hor...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 7, 1978 near Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade Minas Gerais, Brazil with no...
- Date: October 7, 1978
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Brakes failed after touchdown, cause unknown.
A Douglas C-47A operated by Rico Taxi Aereo on a scheduled flight from Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte overran the runway after landing at Pampulha Airport on 7 October 1978. The aircraft went down an embankment and came to rest with its undercarriage torn off. All 19 occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.