ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332520
| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1965 |
| Time: | 07:52 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | TC-48 |
| MSN: | 35983 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 68 / Occupants: 68 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Puerto Limon -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Balboa-Howard AFB (HOW/MPHO) |
| San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport (SAL/MSLP) |
On October 31, 1965, a Douglas C-54 transport plane of the Argentine Air Force, TC-48, departed Argentina on a flight to the United States and Canada. On board were 54 cadets of the military aviation school and other military personnel. The aircraft stopped at Mendoza, Antofagasta, Lima and Guayaquil. On the night of November 2nd the flight arrived at Howard Air Force Base in Panama.
The following day the aircraft left at 06:49 hours local time for a flight to San Salvador in El Salvador. The en route altitude was 6500 feet. The flight progressed over the Caribbean Sea until about an hour into the flight when the crew radioed that they had an engine fire in engine no.3. The no.4 engine had shut down for undetermined reasons and the crew requested an immediate landing.
The air traffic controller at Tegucigalpa radioed that they could divert to San José or Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
The aircraft could not maintain altitude on two engines and failed to land.
A search operation was launched during which items of clothing, life vests and other debris were found. These belonged to the missing aircraft.
Sources:
La Nacion - Nov 4, 1965
El accidente del TC-48 / Víctor Ferrazzano, 2019 (ZIP file, 17 MB)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Stadsarchief Amsterdam; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM); 21 February 1946; (publicdomain)
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