Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 FEB 1965 |
| Time: | 08:36 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CCG |
| C/n / msn: | 45513/1004 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17085 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 87 / Occupants: 87 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near San José Volcano (Chile)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI), Chile |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina | |
| Flightnumber: | 107 |
Struck a mountain at FL120 in the Las Melosas area of the Andes.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot failed to adopt the correct procedure for climbing out of Santiago." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (3-6)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 1125 km (703 miles).
Distance from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 1125 km (703 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.
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