Crash of a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan near Osorio

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1948 at 1830 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
102
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Florianópolis – Montevideo
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The Uruguayan Air Force was taking delivery of nine Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and two Douglas C-47 that were transferred that day to their base in Montevideo. On the leg from Florianópolis to Montevideo, the aircraft suffered a fuel exhaustion and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft stalled and crashed on a hilly terrain located near Osorio. The aircraft was destroyed while all three crew members were injured.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan near Osorio: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1948 at 1830 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
106
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Florianópolis – Montevideo
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The Uruguayan Air Force was taking delivery of nine Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and two Douglas C-47 that were transferred that day to their base in Montevideo. On the leg from Florianópolis to Montevideo, the aircraft suffered a fuel exhaustion and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft hit trees and crashed in flames in a wooded area located near Osorio. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.