Crash of a Junkers G.24 off Icapara: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 7, 1930 at 1400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P-BAHA
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Porto Alegre – Laguna – Rio de Janeiro
MSN:
921
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Porto Alegre at 0600LT bound for Rio de Janeiro with six passengers and a crew of three on board. During the intermediate stop at Laguna, Santa Catarina, a seventh passenger boarded. The aircraft named 'Potyguar' continued to the northeast and while cruising some 500 metres off the beach of Icapara, the aircraft 'exploded', lost height and crashed into the sea. Nine occupants were quickly rescued by locals while a passenger, Colonel Attila Gaston Joseph Campos Salvaterra, was killed.
Crew:
Heinz Luels, pilot,
Herbert Hermann, copilot,
Guido Kleinat, mechanic.
Passengers:
Colonel Attila Gaston Joseph Campos Salvaterra, †
Dr. Joseph Falcani,
Dr. Hannibal Loureiro,
Colonel de Basil Bicca Avila,
Jean Cunha,
George Frederic Pichel,
Dr. Demetrius Mercio Xavier.
Crew:
Heinz Luels, pilot,
Herbert Hermann, copilot,
Guido Kleinat, mechanic.
Passengers:
Colonel Attila Gaston Joseph Campos Salvaterra, †
Dr. Joseph Falcani,
Dr. Hannibal Loureiro,
Colonel de Basil Bicca Avila,
Jean Cunha,
George Frederic Pichel,
Dr. Demetrius Mercio Xavier.
Probable cause:
The cause of the explosion and the reason why the aircraft went out of control could not be determined.
