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Date: | Tuesday 15 December 1925 |
Time: | 11:30 |
Type: | Junkers F13 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | n/a |
MSN: | 709 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Antofagasta -
Chile
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Crashed into the water after engine exploded while flying at 50 meters altitude along Playa Blanca. Pilot Major Gabriel Valenzuela, co-pilot and four civil passengers. Passenger Dr Morán Gost and the co-pilot Ten Enrique Mujica died.
Note: ex D-320 (cn709).
A Junkers A20 "Chico" on raid Antofagasta-Tacna. Pilot Capitán Vergara and mechanic Rojas (L.N. 22 DEC 1925, p4)
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 16 December 1925, p1
Revision history:
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01-Sep-2016 19:22 |
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27-Feb-2024 14:22 |
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16-May-2024 14:38 |
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