Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 MAR 1966 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas Patagonicas Argentinas |
| Registration: | N6901C |
| C/n / msn: | 4015 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | SW off Callao (Peru) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Delivery |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Callao International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
| Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS), Paraguay |
The Super Constellation had to be ditched following engine trouble. The flight crew was rescued by a fishing vessel.
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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 Lima-Callao International Airport to Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport as the crow flies is 2518 km (1574 miles).
Distance from Lima-Callao International Airport to Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport as the crow flies is 2518 km (1574 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.
