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| Date: | Friday 24 February 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairchild FC-2W2 |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | 18 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alto Chiza, 114 km N of Iquique -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Iquique (10:15) |
| Arica | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Forced landing due to engine failure. Pilot Luis Carmona Lopehandía and his passenger Cantalicio Valdebenito Vargas rescued after three days.
Note: LAN "18" damaged in a forced landing west of estación Prat 12 OCT 1937. Pilot Eduardo von Bischoffshausen and a passenger.
Sources:
http://www.pilotosretiradoslan.cl/2019/09/15/5559/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jan-2010 10:43 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2010 06:24 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2015 16:37 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2023 12:51 | TB | Updated |
| 18-Jun-2023 05:54 | TB | Updated |
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