Date:	Monday 9 September 1974
Time:
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea de Chile
Registration:	941
MSN:	28
Year of manufacture:	1967
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Puerto Montt-Tepual Airport (PMC) -   Chile
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Puerto Montt-Tepual Airport (PMC/SCTE)
Destination airport:	Puerto Montt-Tepual Airport (PMC/SCTE)

Narrative:
The aircraft touched tree tops in poor visibility conditions and crashed. A fire erupted. Two crew members and three passengers were killed. The passengers were family members of the flight engineer. The Twin Otter was used on an instruction flight.

Max H. Kraushaar (E-mail 5-1-2013)
New Straits Time 12 September 1974, p1

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