| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CLC-0072 |
| MSN: | 18-2602 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
| San Juan Airport, SJ (UAQ/SANU) |
The Lodestar crashed on takeoff from Mendoza, Argentina. The airplane carried medical supplies, and medical personnel after an earthquake had hit the San Juan area in Argentina.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
En Memoria de la Solidaridad
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