| Date: | Monday 17 January 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | ANDES - Aerovias Nacionales del Sur |
| Registration: | OB-OAD-233 |
| MSN: | 267 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rio Yavari -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Callao International Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
| Iquitos Airport (IQT/SPQT) |
The pilot probably lost his way en route from Lima to Iquitos and was forced to ditch the Curtiss when he ran out of fuel. The aircraft sank in 60 feet of water.
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 19 January 1949, p5
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