
Descripción:
A Curtiss C-46A Commando transport plane was destroyed in an accident in the Andes while on a ferry flight. All five on board were killed.
The aircraft had been bought by a Miami company named Aircraft Line Maintenance from the Argentine airline Austral. The aircraft was re-registered N8040Y from LV-FSA and departed Buenos Aires, Argentina on a ferry flight to Miami via Chile and Panama.
It was crossing the Andes after a landing in Mendoza when it impacted a glacier, braking in three. The main fuselage slid to the bottom of the slope. The wreckage was found in 1981 by a Chilean SAR team that was looking for a missing helicopter.
» Hay otro avión en la montaña (ClarÃn, 27-2-2000)
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| Fecha: | sábado 4 agosto 1979 |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operador: | Aircraft Line Maintenance |
| Registración: | N8040Y |
| Numéro de série: | 30323 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Cerro Tupungato ( Chile)
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| Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 5000 m (16404 feet) amsl |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Ferry/Posicionado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME), Argentina |
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A Curtiss C-46A Commando transport plane was destroyed in an accident in the Andes while on a ferry flight. All five on board were killed.
The aircraft had been bought by a Miami company named Aircraft Line Maintenance from the Argentine airline Austral. The aircraft was re-registered N8040Y from LV-FSA and departed Buenos Aires, Argentina on a ferry flight to Miami via Chile and Panama.
It was crossing the Andes after a landing in Mendoza when it impacted a glacier, braking in three. The main fuselage slid to the bottom of the slope. The wreckage was found in 1981 by a Chilean SAR team that was looking for a missing helicopter.
Fuentes:
» Austral nació hace 50 años con C-46» Hay otro avión en la montaña (ClarÃn, 27-2-2000)
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