ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332331
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 August 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
| Registration: | CP-730 |
| MSN: | 33457 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Benito -
 Bolivia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Riberalta-Gen Buech Airport (RIB/SLRI) |
| Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB) |
The aircraft disappeared on a cargo flight from Riberalta to Cochabamba. The wreckage was found 12 days later.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft was not being flown at the recommended altitude when it reached the mountains to be crossed, nor at the proper crossing point. A secondary factor was the lack of navigation aids in the area."
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