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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3-178
    Construction Number:01545
    Last Civil Registration:PP-VRG
    Latest Owner or Location:Salgado Filho Airport, Porte Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

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    Dates

    Event

    1936

    Constructed as a DC-3-178.

    18 August 1936

    To American Airlines with c/r NC16009.
    Operated with markings: District of Columbia

    1938


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Municipal Airport

    Circa 26 August 1949

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16009 (DC3, 1545) issued.

    26 August 1949

    To D W. Mercer, Burbank, CA with c/r N16009.

    22 August 1951

    Civil registration, N16009, cancelled.
    Exported to Brazil.

    To VASP with c/r PP-SQH.

    To VARIG with c/r PP-ANU.

    By 29 September 1959

    To Willys-Overland do Brasil Ltda.

    29 September 1959

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. The accident occurred at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) (Brazil) while standing. Narrative: Curtiss C-46A PP-BTE had just departed Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport, Brazil, when the pilot noticed that the undercarriage had only partly retracted and that hydraulic pressure was low. The flight crew elected to return to Congonhas. Upon landing, the right hand main landing gear retracted, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway. It collided with two stationary aircraft...

    Repaired.
    Rebuilt using parts of PP-ANI (cn 34293).

    To Varig with c/r PP-VRG.

    Based at Salgado Filho Airport, Porte Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
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    30 October 1996


    Photographer: Paul Chandler
    Notes: At Porto Alegre - Salgado Filho International (POA / SBPA) - Rio Grande Do Sol, Brazil


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