Accident Fairchild FC-2W2 19,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27673
 
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Date:Saturday 14 March 1936
Time:c. 14:30
Type:Fairchild FC-2W2
Owner/operator:LAN Chile
Registration: 19
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:N of Tuqui, Ovalle -   Chile
Phase:
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Ovalle
Destination airport:Santiago
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into a ravine and burned out after the pilot intended to return due to a forgotten mail bag. Pilot Mario Augustus Meneses Rocco and four (one male and three female civil) passengers died.

Sources:

La Nación (Santiago) 15 March 1936, p19
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/2832/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
25-Jan-2010 10:43 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jan-2010 09:44 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Nov-2016 19:16 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Nov-2019 18:16 TB Updated [Country]
18-Jun-2023 18:27 TB Updated [[Country]]
19-Jun-2023 18:28 TB Updated [[[Country]]]

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