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| Date: | Saturday 7 February 1948 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 062 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zapallar -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Quintero |
| Zapallar Aerodrome |
Lost control and crashed into the sea near beach while waving family members. Pilot Dr Enstanislao Echenique (Los Cerrillos Gr Tr 1).
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 8 February 1948, p10
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