| Date: | Thursday 21 May 1959 |
| Time: | 04:50 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas Interpolar |
| Registration: | CC-CIA-497 |
| MSN: | 30482 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moro -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Talara Airport (TYL/SPYL) |
| Arica-Chacalluta Airport (ARI/SCAR) |
Crashed into a 10000 feet high mountain, Cerro Shano, part of the Cordillera Negra in Peru.
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Panama to Arica, Chile with an en route stop at Talara, Peru. In addition to the crew of four, there was one merchant on board the aircraft.
Sources:
El Litoral 12-6-1959
Correio da Manhã 24 May 1959, p13 (2°Caderno)
La Nacion 22 May 1959, p14
La Nacion 23 May 1959, p16
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