Mid-air collision Incident Beechcraft T-34A Mentor 139,
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Date:Thursday 4 July 1957
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic T34P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft T-34A Mentor
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea de Chile
Registration: 139
MSN: CG-147
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Santiago -   Chile
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:BA El Bosque/Escuela Capitán Avalos
Narrative:
Collided with Mentor 123 at 300 meters, while approaching. Made an emergency landing in a field about 600 meters northwest of El Bosque and caught fire after both occupants, Ten Manuel Contreras Amigo and Cadet 2°anno Joaquín Vila Godoy, abandoned the plane safely.

Sources:

La Nación (Santiago) 5 July 1957, p1 (photo)

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