Status:
Date:	15 MAR 1963
Time:	ca 13:55
Type:	Douglas DC-6B
Operator:	Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB
Registration:	CP-707
C/n / msn:	43547/204
First flight:	1951
Engines:	4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36
Total:	Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Tacora Volcano (Peru)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Arica-Chacalluta Airport (ARI/SCAR), Chile
Destination airport:	La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia
Flightnumber:	915

Narrative:
The flight departed Arica at 13:27 for an 8-hour VFR flight at cruising flight level 170. The DC-6 struck the Chachacomani Peak (latitude 17deg 49'00, longitude 60deg 50'00 W).

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A flight under visual flight rules was attempted below the minimum altitude indicated in the flight plan in weather conditions that were marginal for this type of operation and were associated with the severe turbulence which usually exists in that region (western area)."

Events:

Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (80-85)