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Date: | Monday 19 September 1932 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairey IIIF |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 26 |
MSN: | F.979 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Loncura -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BA Quintero |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:"Fairchild 26" crashed into the sea of Bahia Quintero from 100 meters altitude and submerged. Only part of the wings were still visible. Pilot Ten 2°Oscar Arce Oelckes and passengers Ing. Ricardo Garretón Garretón and Cabo 1°José A. Ortiz Sepúlveda drowned. Body of Ortiz not found.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 20 September 1932, p2/22 September 1932, p3
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