| Date: | Saturday 16 July 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra) |
| Registration: | NC403H |
| MSN: | 5-AT-062 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1929 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Vitacura -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santiago (unknown airport) |
| Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
The Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor passenger plane, named "San José", crashed on Mount El Plomo in the Chilean Andes during a severe snowstorm. The wreckage was buried in ice and snow and was not found until March, 1934.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
The Milwaukee Journal - Jul 18, 1932
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