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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1959 |
| Time: | 13:49 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 952 |
| MSN: | 12976 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Volcán Osorno -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI) |
| Punta Arenas-Carlos Ibañez Airport (PUQ/SCCI) |
Missing. Found crashed by search helicopter on side of Volcán Osorno (2652 meters high) 30 January 1959. Pilot former sprinter athlete and Olympic Games member Reinaldo Martín Müller.
Sources:
El Tiempo 31 January 1959, p6
Asociación de Pilotos en Retiro de Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile
El Litoral 29 January 1959, p.1
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