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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Potez 56 |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | 5 |
| MSN: | 39.. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Palca, NE of Tacna -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Iquique, Chile |
| Arica, Chile | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Trapped in a narrow creek in fog and crashed. Pilot 2°Tte Eduardo Arndt Brieva died. Found June 24, 1937 in the Quebrada Higueraní (Cerro Blanco), about 30 km from Tacna, Peru.
Sources:
http://www.pilotosretiradoslan.cl/cronicas/
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3204/?page=2
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3205/
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/17847/?page=2
La Nación (Santiago) 25 June 1937, p13...29 June 1937, p18 (photo wreckage on crash site)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 00:28 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, ] |
| 23-Jan-2010 10:53 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2010 10:13 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2016 20:51 | TB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2016 19:20 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2023 07:16 | TB | Updated |
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