| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1966 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-Peruana |
| Registration: | OB-R-606 |
| MSN: | 33477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rioja -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chiclayo-Capitan FAP Jose Abelardo Quiñones Airport (CIX/SPHI) |
| Rioja Airport (RIJ/SPJA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The C-46 crashed in mountainous terrain at an elevation of 10,800 feet altitude during a flight from Chiclayo to Rioja carrying five tons of cargo. Ultimate destination of the flight was Chachapoyas.
The wreckage as found on March 3.
Sources:
La Nacion 25 February 1966, p47 (Noticias de Latinoamerica)
La Union (Pacasmayo) 3 March 1966, p2 https://undiario.pe/hemeroteca/archivio/la-union/1966-03-03
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Lima-J Chavez International Airport (LIM); February 1962
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2024 07:40 | ASN | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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