ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332428
| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-Peruana |
| Registration: | OB-R-606 |
| MSN: | 33477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rioja -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chiclayo-Capitan FAP Jose Abelardo Quiñones Airport (CIX/SPHI) |
| Rioja Airport (RIJ/SPJA) |
The C-46 crashed in mountainous terrain during a flight from Chiclayo to Rioja carrying five tons of cargo. Ultimate destination of the flight was Chachapoyas.
Sources:
La Nacion 25 February 1966, p47 (Noticias de Latinoamerica)
ABC (Madrid) 1 April 1966
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Lima-J Chavez International Airport (LIM); February 1962
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