Date:	Friday 31 July 1981
Time:	10:39
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	Línea Aérea de Transporte Interior Sud Americano-LATISA
Registration:	CC-CAT
MSN:	33236
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km from Cochrane Airport (LGR) -   Chile
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Cochrane Airport (LGR/SHCR)
Destination airport:	Villa O'Higgins Airport (SCOH)

Narrative:
The Curtiss C-46, registered CC-CAT was carrying about 6 tons of cargo on a domestic flight from Cochrane Airport (LGR), Chile to Villa O'Higgins.
Shortly after takeoff the no. 2 engine failed. The airplane veered to the right and crashed into the side of a hill. Captain of the airplane was Óscar Squella Avendaño, a well known Chilean aviator.

El Mercurio August 1, 1981
El Observador Aeronáutico (Ivan Siminic)

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