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| Date: | Monday 29 October 1962 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Armada Argentina, Comando de Aviación Naval |
| Registration: | 0232/CTA-23 |
| MSN: | 9171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bahia Aguirre, TF -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH/SAWO) |
| Río Gallegos-Rio Chico Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
The C-47A transport plane was damaged beyond repair in an forced landing as a result of fuel shortage.
Sources:
Roll Out
Historias Individuales 0232 CTA-23 Douglas C-47A-1-DL c/n 9171
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
El Litoral 29 October 1962, p1
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