Date: | Sunday 11 December 1960 |
Time: | 19:50 |
Type: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C.4 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
Registration: | T-102 |
MSN: | 1464 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km from San Andrés de Giles, BA -
Argentina
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA) |
Destination airport: | El Palomar Airport, BA (EPA/SADP) |
Narrative:Crashed in bad weather. Converted from Lancaster BI (B-045) in 1958 with parts of an Lancastrian 4 (ex LV-ACV FAMA, ex T-65 CAME, cn 1403) which was grounded due to corrosion.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Lima, Peru to El Palomar with an en route stop at Antofagasta, Chile.
Sources:
La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina
Lancastrian FAA forum thread Clarín 12 + 13 Dec. 1960
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