ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331420
| Date: | Monday 4 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47M (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17254 |
| MSN: | 25629/14184 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Andes Mountains -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI) |
| Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
The airplane operated on a flight from El Belloto Naval Air Station near Vina del Mar, Chile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. One intermediate stop had been made at Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago, Chile, for international clearance.
Last radio contact was at 17:16.
Sources:
C-47 BuNo 17254 Missing Aircraft and Sixteen Andes Mountains 1969
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