ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308792
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 May 1952 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | TAM Perú |
| Registration: | 423 |
| MSN: | 90. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tarma province -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Bermúdez (13:00) |
| San Ramón |
"P.B.Y. 5-A...Catalina...No.423" went missing flying over the rio Pichis and San Ramón, Tarma province, between the Loreto and Huanuco departments after launched a distress call, 12 minutes in flight, indicating that one of the engines had quit and an attempt to make an emergency landing in the jungle. The mechanic 2°Wellington Troncoso Collante found injured but alive after he walked four days through the jungle. Wreckage located and bodies salvaged.
Sources:
El Deber (Arequipa) 9 May 1952, p6...13 May 1952, p6/15 May 1952, p6
https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP726-1-1-63-107
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2023 07:59 | TB | Updated |
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