Narrative:
The C-47 had to takeoff from an emergency flagstone runway after an engine change had taken place (due to an engine failure a few days earlier). The aircraft took off at a speed of 74 knots, crashed 1135 m from the threshold and caught fire.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1972 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aerolineas Abaroa |
| Registration: | CP-565 |
| MSN: | 19236 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | La Paz ( Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia |
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The C-47 had to takeoff from an emergency flagstone runway after an engine change had taken place (due to an engine failure a few days earlier). The aircraft took off at a speed of 74 knots, crashed 1135 m from the threshold and caught fire.
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