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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1947 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 056 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Santiago de Chile -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quintero |
| El Bosque |
(1) Crashed into a mountain over Cuesta de Lo Barriga, km 37 route Santiago-Valparaiso, in dense fog. Pilot S.Ten Orlando Nuñez Soto. As "North American" in report.
(2) "Fairchild" N.o 56
Sources:
(1) El Litoral 27 July 1947, p1
(2) La Nación (Santiago) 27 July 1947, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2015 17:46 | TB | Added |
| 26-Jul-2019 18:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2019 19:03 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2019 07:41 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2019 08:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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