Date:	Wednesday 20 January 1971
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46D Commando
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea del Peru - FAP
Registration:	FAP-331 ?
MSN:	32961 ?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Palca -   Peru
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mazamari-Manuel Prado Ugarteche Aiport (SPMF)
Destination airport:	Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPIM)

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.

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

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