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Date: | Monday 16 November 1953 |
Time: | 19:30 |
Type: | Republic F-47D Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 76. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near BA Quintero -
Chile
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Antofagasta |
Destination airport: | BA Quintero |
Narrative:Crash-landed into the sea after engine failure. Pilot S.Ten José Muñoz Pérez rescued by a motorboat. Airplane salvaged from the bottom of the sea next day. Type reported as "recently new required". (1) 17xnew F-47D landed 14 JUL 53 at BA Los Cerillos, to BA Quintero from 18 JUL 53.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 18 November 1953, p10
(1) La Nación (Santiago) 15 JUL 1953, p2
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