Date:	Sunday 19 December 1971
Time:	17:00
Type:	Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	Aero Palas
Registration:	LV-JPG
MSN:	10328
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	9 km from Santo Domingo de Morropón -   Peru
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Lima Jorge Chávez Airport
Destination airport:	Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar International Airport
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
An Aero Palas Douglas C-54 cargo plane crashed into Cerro Huayca at 2,800 meters altitude.
The aircraft operated a cargo flight from Lima to Caracas via Guayaquil.

https://undiario.pe/hemeroteca/archivo/la-union/1971-12-21 La Union (Pacasmayo) 20 December 1971, p2/21 December 1971, p2 TB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Oct-2024 14:40	ASN	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]