Date:	Sunday 11 December 1960
Time:	19:50
Type:	Avro 691 Lancastrian C.4
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA
Registration:	T-102
MSN:	1464
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	8 km from San Andrés de Giles, BA -   Argentina
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA)
Destination airport:	El Palomar Airport, BA (EPA/SADP)

Narrative:
Crashed in bad weather. Converted from Lancaster BI (B-045) in 1958 with parts of an Lancastrian 4 (ex LV-ACV FAMA, ex T-65 CAME, cn 1403) which was grounded due to corrosion.

The aircraft operated on a flight from Lima, Peru to El Palomar with an en route stop at Antofagasta, Chile.

La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina
Lancastrian FAA forum thread
Clarín 12 + 13 Dec. 1960

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