| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas RC-54V (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Faucett Perú |
| Registration: | OB-R-776 |
| MSN: | 10591 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pozo Chuño Mountain, Contumazá district -
 Peru
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Trujillo Airport (TRU/SPRU) |
| Juanjuí Airport (JJI/SPJI) |
Crashed into a mountain.
CAUSE: Probable causes were: 1) Mental state of pilot-in-command which adversely affected judgment and efficiency. 2) Human error by PIC. 3) Faulty control of air traffic. 4) Inadequate meteorological conditions. 5) Faulty navaids along the route.
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