Narrative:
Missing. Found crashed by search helicopter on side of Volcán Osorno (2652 meters high) 30 January 1959. Pilot former sprinter athlete and Olympic Games member Reinaldo Martín Müller.
» Asociación de Pilotos en Retiro de Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile
» El Litoral 29 January 1959, p.1
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1959 |
| Time: | 13:49 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 952 |
| MSN: | 12976 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Volcán Osorno ( Chile)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI), Chile |
| Punta Arenas-Carlos Ibañez Airport (PUQ/SCCI), Chile |
Missing. Found crashed by search helicopter on side of Volcán Osorno (2652 meters high) 30 January 1959. Pilot former sprinter athlete and Olympic Games member Reinaldo Martín Müller.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 31 January 1959, p6» Asociación de Pilotos en Retiro de Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile
» El Litoral 29 January 1959, p.1
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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 Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to Punta Arenas-Carlos Ibañez Airport as the crow flies is 2163 km (1352 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to Punta Arenas-Carlos Ibañez Airport as the crow flies is 2163 km (1352 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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