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) |
Destination airport: | Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB) |
Narrative: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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