Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 DEC 1973 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Suravia |
| Registration: | CC-COA |
| C/n / msn: | 30576 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Aysén (Chile) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Left elevator separation in flight caused the aircraft to lose control and crash.
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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.
