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1951 Douglas C-47-DL PP-YPX accident

17 Sept 1951 · Ubatuba, São Paulo

Real Transportes Aéreos Douglas DC-3 · Unknown

From Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro to Congonhas Airport, São Paulo

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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
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
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.