| Date: | Sunday 2 October 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Faucett Perú |
| Registration: | OB-PAZ-228 |
| MSN: | 10277 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Viñac -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Limatambo Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
| Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ/SPZO) |
Crashed in mountainous terrain during an attempted emergency landing following an engine fire.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium pt. 67
Air Britain Casualty compendium pt. 64
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