Date:	Sunday 4 February 1962
Time:	10:05
Type:	Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Faucett Perú
Registration:	OB-PBH-530
MSN:	7331
Year of manufacture:	1942
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	17 km NE of Tingo Maria -   Peru
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Huánuco Airport (HUU/SPHV)
Destination airport:	Pucallpa Airport (PCL/SPCL)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Bad weather along the route forced the crew to return to Huanuco. This message, at 09:55, was the last one received from the flight. Eyewitnesses reported the aircraft 'falling and revolving in its descent' to the ground. The DC-3 struck the ground near the base of a hill.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "For undetermined reasons, the port elevator separated from the aircraft in flight."

ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (12-14)

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