Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 MAR 1960 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-45-DK |
| Operator: | Faucett |
| Registration: | OB-PAM-146 |
| C/n / msn: | 16947/34206 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Chimbote (Peru) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Picota Airport (SPAP), Peru |
| Trujillo Airport (TRU/SPRU), Peru |
The DC-3 crashed into a mountain while on a cargo flight from Picota.
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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 Picota Airport to Trujillo Airport as the crow flies is 327 km (204 miles).
Distance from Picota Airport to Trujillo Airport as the crow flies is 327 km (204 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.
