Accident Boeing B-17G N131P ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313991
 
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Date:xx Dec 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17G
Owner/operator:Air Carrier Leasing Corp
Registration: N131P
MSN: 32080
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Santa Marta, Magdalena -   Colombia
Phase:
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:Maracaibo Airport
Destination airport:Perto Rico
Narrative:
(1) Wreckage of a Boeing B-17G with three bodies discovered on a mountain side of the Sierra Nevada, at Santa Marta, Caribbean Sea, 18 MARCH 1963. Accident occured arround three month before.
(2) on a "tourist flight", possible illegal. Two occupants (William F. Patterson, Jr, Air Carrier Leasing Corporation, Miami Florida)

Sources:

(1) La Nación (Santiago) 25 March 1963, p8
(2) El Tiempo 25 March 1963, p1+23
https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/boeing.pdf (ex 43-83439)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-May-2023 06:22 TB Added
30-May-2023 06:24 TB Updated

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