ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330530
| Date: | Thursday 20 April 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Servicio Aéreo de Transportes Comerciales - SATCO |
| Registration: | OB-R-653 |
| MSN: | 34369/17102 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Moyobamba -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chiclayo-Capitan FAP Jose Abelardo Quiñones Airport (CIX/SPHI) |
| Moyobamba Airport (MBP/SPBB) |
The DC-3 took off from Chiclayo at 15:24 for a flight to Tarapota via Moyobamba. Last radio contact with the flight was at 16:15 when the crew asked for traffic and weather info at Moyobamba. The DC-3 was found to have struck a mountain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot elected to use a cruising altitude lower than stipulated in order to save time and continue flying in VFR conditions.
Sources:
El Tiempo 24 April 1972, p12A
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