Crash of a Stinson SR-10 Reliant in São Bernardo de Campo: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1954 at 1050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PP-DKS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Campo de Marte – Praia Grande
MSN:
288
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Ten minutes after its takeoff from Campo de Marte AFB in São Paulo, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in São Bernardo de Campo, in the south of the city. All five occupants were killed.

Crash of a Stinson SR-10 Reliant in Asunción: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1949
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ZP-CA?
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Asunción Airport runway 20, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed in Campo Grande, south of the airfield. All six occupants were killed. They were performing a flight to the north province of Chaco. The type of aircraft remains unconfirmed and the registration is unknown. At this time, LATN was operating Beech C-45, Consolidated Fleet, Caproni Ca-309, Breda Ba.44, Beech AT-7, Travel Air 6000 and later Noorduyn Norseman.

Crash of a Stinson Reliant near Salinas: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1948 at 1910 LT
Type of aircraft:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Oakland – Burbank
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While cruising in reduced visibility, the single engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 18 miles east of Salinas. All five occupants were killed, among them four sailors from the Naval Base at Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay.

Crash of a Stinson AT-19 at RAF Hullavington

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FB649
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
77-377
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
At liftoff, the left wing dropped. The aircraft crashed and came to rest. All three crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Stinson AT-19 on Mt Sawel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 5, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FK914
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Eglinton – Macrihanish
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Eglinton to Macrihanish, the crew encountered poor weather conditions (snow falls) when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Sawel. The wreckage was found on 29 January 1944. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Alan Albert Pollock,
S/Lt Alan Frederick Orchard,
S/Lt John Bernard Johnson.

Crash of a Stinson SR-10C Reliant at RAF Hendon

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W7978
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5904
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from RAF Hendon. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.

Crash of a Stinson SR-10J3 Reliant off Rio de Janeiro

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PP-PIP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro
MSN:
5945
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport when he was forced to ditch the aircraft in the Guanabara Bay. Both pilots were rescued. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Stinson SR-10C Reliant in Higganum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 16, 1940 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
NC18482
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Boston – New Haven
MSN:
3-5811
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from Boston to New Haven, the pilot encountered engine problems. He attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in the Higganum Reservoir State Park, some 35 km northeast of New Haven Airport. Two passengers were killed and two other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing following an engine failure in flight.