Date:	Monday 7 May 1962
Time:	13:18
Type:	Convair CV-340-54
Owner/operator:	LAN Chile
Registration:	CC-CLCA
MSN:	136
Year of manufacture:	1953
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5 km N of Vallenar -   Chile
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Vallenar Airport (VLR/SCLL)
Destination airport:	Copiapó-Chamonate Airport (CPO/SCHA)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
LAN Chile flight 920 force landed following an engine failure after takeoff from Vallenar Airport, Chile. The propeller failed to feather.
The aircraft operated on a domestic flight from Santiago to Copiapó with en route stops at La Serena and Vallenar.

Julio Matthei
La Nación (Santiago) 8 May 1962, p3

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