Date: | Friday 15 May 1964 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Douglas C-47H |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 17105 |
MSN: | 11918 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Antisana Volcano -
Ecuador
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
Destination airport: | Palma Roja Airfield |
Narrative:Crashed on the slope of volcano Antisana, altitude of 14,000 feet. The aircraft was transporting equipment to the interior of Ecuador near the Putumayo River. The aircraft burned out.
Sources:
The Tuscaloosa News - May 17, 1964 Merle Webster
Location
Images:
photo (c) Merle Webster; Antisana volcano; 15 May 1964
photo (c) Juan Carlos Sosa T.; Antisana Volcano; 20 January 2018
photo (c) Juan Carlos Sosa T.; Antisana Volcano; 20 January 2018
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