Date: | Thursday 20 August 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter (DHC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 57-6117 |
MSN: | 243 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rioja area -
Peru
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Army Otter was involved in a search mission for a missing Peruvian Air Force Alouette helicopter.
The airplane's left wing contacted a tree on a jungle covered hill near the top, at 2,500' above the valley.
Sources:
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