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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1939 |
| Time: | c. 10:00 |
| Type: | North American NA-50 Torito |
| Owner/operator: | Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú (CAP) |
| Registration: | XXI-41-7 |
| MSN: | 50-954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Puerto Etén -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Chiclayo |
Crashed into the sea between Puerto Etén and Santa Rosa during a training flight. Alféres José Sánchez Navarrete. Body located at Punta Salinas, 400 meters off coast, 23 AUG.
Note: five NA-50 on South America Tour., Lima-Panama. One hit an embankment on take-off from Quito, Ecuador to El Techo, Colombia, 24 MAR 1940, broke the propeller and a wing. Capitán Bernales unhurt (La Union 26 MAR 1940, p2).
The NA-50 arrived at Lima onboard the steamer "Cuzco", 7 MAR 1939 (La Union 8 MAR 1939, p2)
Sources:
El NA-50, SU HISTORIA EN LA FUERZA AÉREA DEL PERÙ
El Deber (Arequipa) 19 August 1939, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2023 17:45 | TB | Updated |
| 25-Nov-2023 19:04 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2024 08:45 | TB | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2024 09:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2024 16:13 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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