| Date: | Sunday 6 March 1966 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas Patagonicas Argentinas |
| Registration: | N6901C |
| MSN: | 4015 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW off Callao -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Callao International Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
| Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS) |
The Super Constellation had to be ditched after three of the fout engines had flamed out. The flight crew was rescued by a fishing vessel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 7 March 1966, p14
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 January 1959 | N6901C | Trans World Airlines | 0 | Olathe NAS, KS |  |
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