Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 JAN 1944 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CLC-0072 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2602 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME), Argentina |
| San Juan Airport, SJ (UAQ/SANU), Argentina |
The Lodestar crashed on takeoff from Mendoza, Argentina. The airplane carried medical supplies, and medical personnel after an earthquake had hit the San Juan area in Argentina.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» En Memoria de la Solidaridad
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD to San Juan Airport, SJ as the crow flies is 144 km (90 miles).
Distance from Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD to San Juan Airport, SJ as the crow flies is 144 km (90 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
