ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46D Commando FAP-331 ? Palca

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Status:
Date:	Wednesday 20 January 1971
Type:	Curtiss C-46D Commando
Operator:	Fuerza Aérea del Peru - FAP
Registration:	FAP-331 ?
MSN:	32961 ?
First flight:
Crew:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30
Total:	Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	near Palca ( Peru)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mazamari-Manuel Prado Ugarteche Aiport (SPMF), Peru
Destination airport:	Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru

Narrative:
Crashed in the Cuti Padre mountain range, which is part of the central Andes. The C-46 a.o. carried members of a civil guard anti-guerrilla force.
The aircraft was quoted being FAP-381, however this serial was used by a DC-6. Possibly C-46 FAP-331 was involved.

Sources:

» Military Aviation Disasters / D.Gero
» La Nación 22 January 1971, p24

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Distance from Mazamari-Manuel Prado Ugarteche Aiport to Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport as the crow flies is 290 km (181 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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