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| Date: | Monday 5 March 1962 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34A Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 162 |
| MSN: | CG-219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 km S of Parral -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| El Bosque/Escuela de Aviación |
Two "Mentor" collided in a formation on return flight from air festival. "Mentor 162" crashed, killing Cmte de Escadrilla Arthuro Puentes Alvarez and Cabo 2°Juan Ricardo Delgado. Other, "seriously" damaged, landed safely at Chillán.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 6 March 1962, p3
La Nacion (Costa Rica) 6 March 1962, p35
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2016 22:05 | TB | Added |
| 26-Jul-2019 15:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2021 15:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2023 12:24 | TB | Updated |
| 30-May-2023 15:37 | TB | Updated |
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