Accident Potez 56 5,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26811
 
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Date:Saturday 27 March 1937
Time:
Type:Potez 56
Owner/operator:LAN Chile
Registration: 5
MSN: 39..
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Palca, NE of Tacna -   Peru
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Iquique, Chile
Destination airport:Arica, Chile
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Trapped in a narrow creek in fog and crashed. Pilot 2°Tte Eduardo Arndt Brieva died. Found June 24, 1937 in the Quebrada Higueraní (Cerro Blanco), about 30 km from Tacna, Peru.

Sources:

http://www.pilotosretiradoslan.cl/cronicas/
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3204/?page=2
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3205/
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/17847/?page=2
La Nación (Santiago) 25 June 1937, p13...29 June 1937, p18 (photo wreckage on crash site)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
23-Jan-2010 00:28 TB Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage]
23-Jan-2010 10:53 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Feb-2010 10:13 TB Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
12-Oct-2016 20:51 TB Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative]
16-Oct-2016 19:20 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
18-Jul-2023 07:16 TB Updated [[Source, Narrative]]

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