Accident Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando HK-527,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332343
 

Date:Monday 11 July 1966
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Owner/operator:Aeropesca Colombia
Registration: HK-527
MSN: 33215
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Cerro el Planchòn -   Chile
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI)
Destination airport:Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE)
Narrative:
A Curtiss C-46D Commando transport plane operated by Aeropesca Colombia went missing over mountainous terrain during a flight from Bogotá, Colombia to Buenos Aires Argentina.
The airplane was carrying eight bulls for an exhibition in Buenos Aires.
The wreckage was located on 18 November 1966 some 200 km south of Santiago, Chile.

Sources:

El Tiempo 19 November 1966, p1+29
El Tiempo 13 July 1966

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