Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 412
Convair CV-440 · Entered downdraft during approach
From Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) to Santos Dumont Airport (SDU)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 21 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 26
- Survivors
- 5
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 5
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Convair CV-440
- Aircraft type
- Convair CV-440
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- PP-CEP
- Operator
- Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul
- Onboard fatalities
- 21
- Route
- From Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA)To Santos Dumont Airport (SDU)
Cause areas
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 412 was a domestic passenger flight from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro with stopovers in Florianópolis, São José dos Pinhais and São Paulo respectively. On 16 June 1958, the Convair CV-440 operating the flight entered an area of rain accompanied by strong winds and crashed into the ground in the Colônia Murici settlement of São José dos Pinhais, a few kilometers from the airport.
Among the victims were former president Nereu Ramos, the governor of Santa Catarina Jorge Lacerda, federal deputy Leoberto Leal and founder of the Medianeira College and Jesuit Oswaldo Gomes.
Accident
The vicinity of Afonso Pena Airport was experiencing heavy rains. By radio, the pilot requested permission to land, but the tower requested that the aircraft waited for another plane to take off.
As visibility continued to deteriorate, the aircraft was caught in a storm during an approach maneuver and ended up crashing in the locality of Capão do Serrado, in Colônia Murici, about 8 km from the airport. The location where the plane crashed was difficult to access and, despite the adverse conditions, two survivors managed to walk for a few kilometers until they found a local resident who provided assistance.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
According to the report, the aircraft was flying in adverse weather conditions, in which downdrafts affected the rate of descent, causing it to lose altitude and collide with the ground. This fact can be corroborated by accounts from people who witnessed the tragedy, such as farmer Leonardo Valenga, who participated in the rescue efforts.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 412
- Revision
- 1374335876 · 2026-09-11 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q136335514
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 412" (page 83599051, revision 1374335876)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.