ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332640
| Date: | Wednesday 12 May 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 965 |
| MSN: | 12676 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
| Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
The Douglas C-47 transport plane was damaged in an accident near Mendoza, Argentina.
The airplane approached Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport when a propeller separated from one of the engines, penetrating the cabin. The pilot carried out an emergency landing in a rural area. Two occupants were injured.
Sources:
El Litoral 13 May 1965, p3
Scramble
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