ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 315251
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Date: | Sunday 21 August 1938 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky S-38 |
Owner/operator: | Aviación Naval de Chile |
Registration: | n/a |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Coquimbo -
Chile
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Coquimbo |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The seaplane crashed from five meters altitude and sank. Pilot Ten 1°Ricardo López and "various other crew members" rescued by boats.
Note: type not reported; a single S-38 noticed w/o/crashed at "2.1.37" (Scramble/Aeroflight) but no such occurence found in Chile/Argentine newspapers around this date, but a fatal raft accident on Maipu River 3.1.37
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 22 August 1938, p7
Revision history:
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14-Jun-2023 18:22 |
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14-Jun-2023 18:26 |
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