| Date: | Friday 5 February 1960 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
| Registration: | CP-609 |
| MSN: | 10510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km S of Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB) -
 Bolivia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB) |
| La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP) |
The DC-4 crashed shortly after takeoff into Laguna Huañacota, a mountain lagoon. Reportedly one engine had caught fire. A two-year old girl survived the impact but died on the way to a hospital.
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