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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228750
 
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Date:Friday 4 August 1961
Time:
Type:airplane
Owner/operator:Taxpa ?
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Pimentel -   Peru
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Burbank, CA
Destination airport:Chile
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
"Chilean" airplane ditched near the port of Pimentel, Dept.Lambayyeque during flight from Burbank, CA to Chile. Pilot Manfredo Sams Burgel and co-pilot Guillermo Soto Ovalle salvaged by fishing ship "Almirante Guisse". Operator as "companhia chilena RAPSA" in report. Type not reported. Ferry/delivery to Taxpa Chile ?

Note: Taxpa operated two C-46A CC-CCP/CAC (may be in later years). Also B-25 or Piper PA-23 Apache possible

Sources:

Jornal do Brasil 5 August 1961, p10
La Nación (Santiago) 5 August 1961, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Sep-2019 15:40 TB Added
05-Sep-2019 16:21 TB Updated [Narrative]
06-Sep-2019 11:30 TB Updated [Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 11:45 TB Updated [Operator]
18-Nov-2019 16:50 TB Updated [Operator, Nature]
16-Aug-2023 08:23 TB Updated [[Operator, Nature]]

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