Incident de Havilland DH.60X Cirrus II Moth 8 ?,
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Date:Monday 21 January 1929
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Cirrus II Moth
Owner/operator:Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica
Registration: 8 ?
MSN: 658 ?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:El Palquí -   Chile
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Santiago
Destination airport:Arica
Narrative:
Ten airplanes in preparation for mail flights of Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica from 5.3.29. Fuel exhaustion in turbulence. Nine landed safely at Tuquí, Ovalle. One crash-landed on hacienda Santa Rosa, at El Palquí, 32 km from Ovalle due to weather. Pilot Ten Arturo Meneses was slightly injured and the plane considerable damaged.

Sources:

La Nación (Santiago) 22 January 1929, p11 (at El Palquí)
http://www.pilotosretiradoslan.cl/2016/08/14/el-comandante-arturo-merino-benitez-y-sus-muchachos/
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf .

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Oct-2016 19:45 TB Added
15-Nov-2016 19:41 TB Updated [Operator]
15-Nov-2016 20:18 TB Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
11-Aug-2017 22:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Aug-2017 22:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
02-Aug-2019 20:46 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Sep-2023 16:42 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
20-Sep-2023 16:42 harro Updated [[[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]
31-Oct-2023 14:03 TB Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]]
15-Nov-2023 19:29 TB Updated [Location, Damage, Narrative]
16-Nov-2023 08:24 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source]

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