| Date: | Monday 8 April 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-49K (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | LADECO - Línea Aérea Del Cobre |
| Registration: | CC-CBM |
| MSN: | 6330 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km NNW of Coyhaique -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI) |
| Coyhaique-Ten. Vidal Airport (GXQ/SCCY) |
Crashed in the Emperador Guillermo mountain range near Coyhaique, Chile, following a starboard wing failure.
Sources:
El Tiempo 9 April 1968, p10
El Divisadero (24-7-2010)
A Survey of Serious Aircraft Accidents Involving Fatigue Fracture. Volume 1. Fixed-Wing Aircraft / NRC Canada, 1983
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