ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329574
| Date: | Thursday 31 July 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 970 |
| MSN: | 19730 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Colina -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Pudahuel Airport (SCL/SCEL) |
| Santiago-Pudahuel Airport (SCL/SCEL) |
A C-47A transport plane, operated by the Chilean Air Force, crashed during a paratrooper exercise near Colina.
One of the paratroopers struck the elevator of the plane. The crew lost control and the airplane crashed.
Sources:
El Tiempo 1 August 1975, p12A
Scramble 293
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