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| Date: | Monday 8 August 1960 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Dirección Navional de Aviación Civil |
| Registration: | LQ-XXW |
| MSN: | 5167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km W of Paso Perez Rosales-Peulla -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Valdivia |
| San Carlos de Bariloche | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two helicopters crashed during "Operación Maipú" in bad weather. Occupants injured. One civil.
Sources:
El Litoral 9 August 1960, p2
Dirección Nacional de Aviación Civil Disposición N° 185 30Ago1961
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2015 13:21 | TB | Added |
| 27-May-2015 13:27 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2015 15:10 | TB | Updated [Plane category, ] |
| 13-Jun-2015 05:14 | Sierra 51 | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 25-Aug-2015 09:37 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 25-Aug-2015 09:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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