ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332891
| Date: | Friday 15 May 1964 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47H |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17105 |
| MSN: | 11918 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Antisana Volcano -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
| Palma Roja Airfield |
Crashed on the slope of volcano Antisana, altitude of 14,000 feet. The aircraft was transporting equipment to the interior of Ecuador near the Putumayo River. The aircraft burned out.
Sources:
The Tuscaloosa News - May 17, 1964
Merle Webster
Location
Images:
photo (c) Merle Webster; Antisana volcano; 15 May 1964
photo (c) Juan Carlos Sosa T.; Antisana Volcano; 20 January 2018
photo (c) Juan Carlos Sosa T.; Antisana Volcano; 20 January 2018
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