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Date: | Monday 2 April 1956 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan |
Owner/operator: | Hycon Aerial Surveys |
Registration: | N1203N |
MSN: | 964 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 40 km from Chuquicamata -
Chile
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed and caught fire during reconnaissance flight over copper mine area. Occupants (US citizen) serious injured. Pilot Blaine Thompson.
Sources:
La Nacion 3 April 1956, p26
La Nación (Santiago) 2 April 1956, p9+10
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19560404.1.9&srpos=597&e=01-01-1956-31-12-1956--en--20--581-byDA-txt-txIN-Plane+crash------- Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2016 20:14 |
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29-Oct-2023 18:52 |
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