Narrative:
Impacted terrain after participating in the UNITAS exercise. All six crew members were killed.
The aircraft had departed from Quinteros; near BA Cerro Moreno.
» Historia Aeronáutica de Chile
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 3 September 1977 |
| Type: |  Grumman SHU-16B Albatross |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 571 |
| MSN: | G-251 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Cerro Moreno ( Chile)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Impacted terrain after participating in the UNITAS exercise. All six crew members were killed.
The aircraft had departed from Quinteros; near BA Cerro Moreno.
Sources:
» La Nación 5 September 1977, p20A» Historia Aeronáutica de Chile
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