Date:	Monday 19 March 1956
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA
Registration:	T-20
MSN:	20479
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU) -   Argentina
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA
Destination airport:	Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU/SATU)

Narrative:
The C-47A transport plane was damaged beyond repair when it impacted terrain near Curuzu Cuatia Airport, CR (UZU), Argentina. The airplane was approaching the airport with one engine shut down as a result of an in-flight fire.

The aircraft operated on a medical flight carrying two resuscitators.

Historias Individuales T-20
Correio da Manhã 21 March 1956, p.1
Douglas DC-3/C-47 en la Fuerza Aérea Argentina. Editorial Avialatina September 2010
El Litoral, 20 March 1956

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