Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1988 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Operator: | Empresa Transportes Aéreos - ETA |
| Registration: | CP-1244 |
| C/n / msn: | 246 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Colorado Mountain (Bolivia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Struck a hill in bad weather, 100 km northwest of La Paz.
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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.
