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| Date: | Tuesday 31 October 1939 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: | Breda Ba.65 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 5 |
| MSN: | 64186 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Maipú -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Los Cerrillos/Santiago |
During a gunnery practice flight in the vicinity of Maipú, the P.XI engine failed. A forced landing was carried out but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair after the engine fire spread after landing. Pilot Ten 1°Hernán López Angulo.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 1 November 1939, p12
The Aviation Historian Issue No. 24
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2016 16:25 | TB | Added |
| 18-Jul-2018 10:14 | harro | Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2019 21:24 | TB | Updated [Date, Location, ] |
| 09-Jun-2023 06:07 | TB | Updated |
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