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| Date: | Saturday 28 April 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Noorduyn Norseman IV |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Orientales (TAO) |
| Registration: | HC-SNB-002 |
| MSN: | 560 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Villano, Napo-Pastaza -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Villano (SEVI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Missing since Saturday 28 April 1951. Aircraft found destroyed 2 May 1951 with occupants only slightly injured. Three high ranking Army officiers (Cor Francisco Martinez) on board, visiting the border. TAO is known to have operated Ju-52 and UC-64 Norseman aircraft at the time.
Sources:
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/22847/
El Litoral 3 May 1951, p1
El Tiempo 3 May 1951, p10
A Noite 2 May 1951, p10
https://norsemanhistory.ca
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2015 15:04 | TB | Added |
| 25-Jan-2015 19:25 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2015 20:23 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2015 13:02 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2024 07:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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