Last updated: 12 May 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1965 |
| Time: | 08:36 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CCG |
| MSN: | 45513/1004 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17085 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 87 / Occupants: 87 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near San José Volcano ( Chile)
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| Crash site elevation: | 3658 m (12001 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI), Chile |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina | |
| Flightnumber: | 107 |
Struck a mountain at FL120 in the Las Melosas area of the Andes.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot failed to adopt the correct procedure for climbing out of Santiago."
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (3-6)Photos
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 1125 km (703 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 1125 km (703 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
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