Accident Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) 960, Friday 18 January 1974
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Date:Friday 18 January 1974
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea de Chile
Registration: 960
MSN: 20750
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:20 km SE of Chaitén -   Chile
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Forced landing near Highway 7 in Southern Chile.

Sources:

Scramble 293
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Photo of the fuselage near Highway 7 in 2008

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