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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | T-20 |
| MSN: | 20479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
| Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU/SATU) |
The C-47A transport plane was damaged beyond repair when it impacted terrain near Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU), Argentina. The airplane was approaching the airport with one engine shut down as a result of an in-flight fire.
The aircraft operated on a medical flight carrying two resuscitators.
Sources:
Historias Individuales T-20
Correio da Manhã 21 March 1956, p.1
Douglas DC-3/C-47 en la Fuerza Aérea Argentina. Editorial Avialatina September 2010
El Litoral, 20 March 1956
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