1951 Douglas C-47-DL PP-YPX accident
Real Transportes Aéreos Douglas DC-3 · Unknown
From Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro to Congonhas Airport, São Paulo
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
- 10 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- 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
- 0
- 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
Douglas DC-3
- Aircraft type
- Douglas DC-3
- 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-YPX
- Operator
- REAL Transportes Aéreos
- Onboard fatalities
- 10
- Route
- From Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de JaneiroTo Congonhas Airport, São Paulo
Approximate · Estimated position: Ubatuba, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The Ubatuba air disaster occurred with a REAL Transportes Aéreos Douglas DC-3 aircraft, during a flight between Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro and Congonhas Airport in São Paulo. The aircraft took off at 18:10, carrying six passengers and four crew members. At around 19:00, the airplane was flying over the Ubatuba region when there was a communication failure. The airplane disappeared from the radar screens and the cause of the accident was never fully clarified. All occupants of the aircraft died in the incident.
Among the known victims was Galeão Coutinho, a Brazilian journalist, writer, translator and poet.
Accident
After taking off from Santos Dumont Airport at 18:10, the aircraft headed for São Paulo. During the flight, the pilot reported his position by radio and confirmed that he was following the planned route. However, at around 19:00, while passing over Ubatuba, the aircraft lost communication. Despite rescue and search efforts, the airplane was found only a few hours later, already in an advanced state of destruction. All occupants died on impact.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Portuguese Wikipedia article “Acidente do Douglas C-47-DL prefixo PP-YPX em 1951” (revision 69834143, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Portuguese Wikipedia article: Acidente do Douglas C-47-DL prefixo PP-YPX em 1951
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 69834143 · 2025-03-30 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q131303722
- 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
- pt Wikipedia article "Acidente do Douglas C-47-DL prefixo PP-YPX em 1951" (page 7470296, revision 69834143), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A DC-3 of the air transport company REAL carrying passengers between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: an airline passenger flight. The article: "The Ubatuba air disaster occurred with a REAL Transportes Aéreos Douglas DC-3 aircraft, during a flight between Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro and Congonhas Airport in São Paulo."
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Portuguese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.