| Date: | Wednesday 13 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Peruanos - TAPSA |
| Registration: | OB-WBP-507 |
| MSN: | 26829 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km S of Tournavista -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tournavista Airport (SPTR) |
| Tarapoto Airport (TPP/SPST) |
Crashed into a hillside.
The aircraft operated on a domestic flight from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru with en route stops at Tournavista and Tarapoto.
Sources:
El Litoral, 15-5-1959
El Litoral, 16-5-1959
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