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Date: | Friday 19 February 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American Navion A |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N4Y |
MSN: | NAV-4-1044 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Putre -
Chile
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Arica (11:30) |
Destination airport: | La Paz |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Disappeared between Arica and La Paz. US pilot Monroe Hamilton Sweet (New York) on private flight. Located between Putre and volcán Tacora, in cordillerana de Jamilia MAY 1954. Four-seater "Havion".
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 10 May 1954, p15/23 February 1954, p1/26 February 1954, p2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2021 18:49 |
TB |
Added |
09-Dec-2021 05:43 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
28-Aug-2022 14:06 |
TB |
Updated [Location] |