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Date: | Sunday 14 August 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 140A |
Owner/operator: | Club Aéreo de Carabineros de Chile |
Registration: | N9450A |
MSN: | 15271 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Cabo Corrientes -
Colombia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Wichita, KS via Tucumen, Panama |
Destination airport: | Los Cerrillos/Santiago |
Narrative:Disappeared on a ferry flight from Cessna factory. Found crashed at sea near Nuquí 18 August 1949. Pilot Ten René Barrera Vásquez. As "Cessna...9450-A" in local press.
Note: El Observador Aeronáutico reported the type as a "Cessna 140A"
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 20 August 1949, p5
El Tiempo 19 August 1949, p3/24 August 1949, p18
Scramble (Ce145)
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04-Oct-2015 15:52 |
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07-Oct-2015 10:30 |
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07-Oct-2015 10:50 |
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