| Date: | Saturday 28 April 1951 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lyon Air |
| Registration: | CC-CYA-141 |
| MSN: | 26445 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Los Antiguos, SC -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Aysen Airport (WPA/SCAS) |
| Balmaceda-Teniente Vidal Airport (BBA/SCBA) |
The Curtiss C-46 diverted to Chile Chico when weather conditions at Balmaceda proved below minima. Weather at Chile Chico however, was also poor. A forced landing was carried out at Los Antiguos, causing the aircraft to be damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 2 May 1951, p1
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