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| Date: | Monday 8 August 1960 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Dirección General de Aviación Civil |
| Registration: | LQ-XYE |
| MSN: | 5178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km W of paso Pérez 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.
Sources:
El Litoral 9 August 1960, p1
Dirección Nacional de Aviación Civil Disposición N| 186 30Ago1961
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 January 1959 | LQ-XYE | BOAC - Base Oficial de Aviación Civil | 0 | San Fernando, provincia de Buenos Aires |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2015 13:24 | TB | Added |
| 27-May-2015 15:10 | TB | Updated [Plane category, ] |
| 13-Jun-2015 05:13 | 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 [Location, ] |
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