| Date: | Friday 26 November 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-118B (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | Allcair Air Transport |
| Registration: | N1597F |
| MSN: | 43700/339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Patriot Hills -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Punta Arenas-Carlos Ibañez Airport (PUQ/SCCI) |
| Patriot Hills |
Crashed 7 miles off course while attempting to land in poor weather.
Sources:
Fox News
Scramble 178
Images:
photo (c) C. Waldenmaier, via Werner Fischdick; Alameda-NAS, CA (NGZ); August 1977
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