ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332640
Date: | Wednesday 12 May 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 965 |
MSN: | 12676 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ) -
Argentina
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
Destination airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
Narrative:The Douglas C-47 transport plane was damaged in an accident near Mendoza, Argentina.
The airplane approached Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport when a propeller separated from one of the engines, penetrating the cabin. The pilot carried out an emergency landing in a rural area. Two occupants were injured.
Sources:
El Litoral 13 May 1965, p3 Scramble
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