Incident Fairchild FC-2W2 18,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28841
 
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Date:Friday 24 February 1939
Time:
Type:Fairchild FC-2W2
Owner/operator:LAN Chile
Registration: 18
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Alto Chiza, 114 km N of Iquique -   Chile
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Iquique (10:15)
Destination airport:Arica
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Forced landing due to engine failure. Pilot Luis Carmona Lopehandía and his passenger Cantalicio Valdebenito Vargas rescued after three days.

Note: LAN "18" damaged in a forced landing west of estación Prat 12 OCT 1937. Pilot Eduardo von Bischoffshausen and a passenger.

Sources:

http://www.pilotosretiradoslan.cl/2019/09/15/5559/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
25-Jan-2010 10:43 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jan-2010 06:24 TB Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
07-Sep-2015 16:37 TB Updated [Location, Narrative]
18-May-2023 12:51 TB Updated [[Location, Narrative]]
18-Jun-2023 05:54 TB Updated [[[Location, Narrative]]]

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