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| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 1919 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Nieuport 28 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación Militar (Aviación de Ejército) |
| Registration: | n/a |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Las Cuevas -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion while attempted to cruise the Cordilleras mountains. Ten Benjamín Matienzo (28) died of exposure. Body found 19 NOV 1919. Wreckage discovered at about 4,000 altitude about JAN 1950.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160104230457/http://www.fuerzaaerea.mil.ar:80/historia/index_historia.html
La Nación (Santiago) 7 February 1950, p7/17 February 1950, p9 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2015 14:45 | TB | Added |
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