| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1965 |
| Time: | 08:36 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CCG |
| MSN: | 45513/1004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17085 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 87 / Occupants: 87 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near San José Volcano -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI) |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Struck a mountain at FL120 in the Las Melosas area of the Andes.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot failed to adopt the correct procedure for climbing out of Santiago."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (3-6)
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