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| Date: | Wednesday 5 March 1958 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  North American T-6D Texan |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 290 |
| MSN: | 78-6639 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zapallar -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Quintero |
Crashed into the sea, 300 meters offshore, while flying in a formation. S.Ten Juan Sergio Fernando Contador Melendéz. Search suspended.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 6 March 1958, p1
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