Airplane Crash - Miritituba, Brazil 09/30/1973
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Miritituba, Brazil
Date | 09/30/1973 |
Location | Miritituba, Brazil |
Operator | Aeronorte |
Type | Douglas DC-3A |
Registration | PT-CEV |
Cn/In | 20182 |
Aboard | 9 |
Fatalities | 9 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The crew started the takeoff roll at a point 200m down the runway, with a runway distance remaining of 1080m. After taking off, the DC-3 climbed slowly, entered a right turn, stalled and crashed in flames. Power loss on one or both engines, due to maintenance deficiencies or fuel contamination. |
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