ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176609
Last updated: 12 April 2021
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| Date: | 19-OCT-1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23 150 Apache |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | LV-FXN |
| C/n / msn: | 23-738 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lago Colhué Huapi, Chubut -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) |
| local |
Disappeared. Body of pilot found floating in lake 8 November 1964. Bodies of two US petrol technicans recovered 12 November 1964.
The wreckage of the plane was found in the year 2016. The plane was found after the lake had partly evaporated.
Sources:
El Litoral 26 October 1964, p3/9 November 1964, p3/13 November 1964, p1
http://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1233250
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2015 08:30 | TB | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 09:41 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2015 12:23 | TB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2016 06:38 | gerard57 | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:00 | gulfdave | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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