Date: | Friday 24 August 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Faucett Perú |
Registration: | OB-PBN-659 |
MSN: | 25839/14394 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cerro Puena Paz -
Peru
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | San Ramon/Capitan Alvarino Airport (SPRM) |
Narrative:The Peruvian DC-3 crashed in the jungle, killing all on board. The aircraft transported equipment and technicians from oil exploration company "Cerro de Pasco Corporation" back to San Ramón. Contact was lost seven minutes before landing.
Newspaper La Nacion reports that the aircraft was located on a mountain named Peña Blas. Other sources name the location as Cerro Puena Paz.
Sources:
La Nacion 26 August 1962, p46
La Nacion 28 August 1962, p35
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