Canoas Air Force Base

History

Units

• 1st Squadron of the 14th Aviation Group, the Pampa Squadron, using F-5EM and F-5FM and AT-27 aircraft for attack, and reconnaissance missions.

• 5th Squadron of Air Transportation, the Pégaso Squadron, using C-95A, C-97 and C-98 aircraft for transport, logistics, and humanitary missions.

• 2nd Squadron of the 1st Communications and Control Group, the Aranha Squadron, using radars and equipment for air defense.

Accidents and incidents

• 6 June 1949: a Brazilian Air Force Douglas C-47B-50-DK registration FAB-2023 flying from Florianópolis Air Force Base to Canoas flew into the side of a mountain shortly after take-off and flying into heavy overcast. All 28 passengers and crew died.
• 28 July 1950: a Panair do Brasil Lockheed L-049 Constellation registration PP-PCG operating flight 99 from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Canoas Air Force Base struck power lines and crashed on a hill after an aborted landing and while holding in bad weather near São Leopoldo. All 50 passengers and crew died.
• 26 October 1993: a Brazilian Air Force Patrol P-95 Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirante Patrulha registration FAB-2290 that departed from Canoas crashed into the ocean near Angra dos Reis while flying in bad weather conditions. All crew of 3 died.
• 2 August 2011: a Brazilian Air Force Cessna C-98A Grand Caravan registration FAB-2735 en route from Canoas to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Air Force Base crashed near the location of Bom Jardim da Serra. All eight occupants died.

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