Incident de Havilland DH.9 D1307,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 315586
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 December 1920
Time:afternoon
Type:de Havilland DH.9
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea de Chile
Registration: D1307
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near El Bosque -   Chile
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:El Bosque/Esc.d.Av.M.
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The "De Haviland" crashed at Lo Moreno. Cap Av Armando Cortínez seriously injured.

Note: 18 DEC 20: Avro 75 Ten 1°Ignacio Aliaga accident with damaged landing gear; Avro 79 Cap Armando Cortínez accident with damaged wings and landing gear (La Nación) 23 DEC 1920, p11).
This was reportendly the second accident of a DH.9. A "De Haviland" of Ten Barahona suffered an accident "recently", this was the first DH.9 accident (L.N (S.) 30 Dec 20, p11), but see Avro 504 of Barahona on 9 SEP 1920

Sources:

La Nación (Santiago) 30 December 1920, p11/3 January 1921, p10 (photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jun-2023 08:46 TB Added
22-Jun-2023 12:18 TB Updated
19-Oct-2023 06:21 TB Updated
06-Mar-2024 15:58 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2024 19:00 TB Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]

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