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| Date: | Monday 13 June 1960 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Bell 47D-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | H-03 |
| MSN: | 655 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Valdivia -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
Loss of control when caught by a gust of wind at 30 ft during SAR flight in dam destruction desaster. Mainrotor hit fuselage and destroyed transmission lines. Capitán Nuñez. Argentine S-51 LQ-XXW also damaged by same cause, on same day.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 15 June 1960, p5/16 June 1960, p8
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