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Date: | Friday 9 April 1965 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Douglas B-26 Invader |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 8.. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lima (LIM) -
Peru
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Lima (LIM/SPJC) |
Destination airport: | Santiago de Chile |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Returned minutes after departure due to failure of the right engine. Fire errupted in the right engine after the landing with undercarriage retracted. Pilot Cmte Eduardo Sepúlveda, Cmte Jorge Rojas and mechanics José de la Cruz and Alfredo Ramírez escaped slightly injured. The aircraft was destroyed by the fire. Came from USA via Panama the day before. TB-26B 847 (18893) ?
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 10 April 1965, p13
La Nacion (Costa Rica) 10 April 1965, p19 (B-26)
(Scramble)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-May-2015 08:07 |
TB |
Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
22-Dec-2016 15:34 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jul-2023 09:05 |
TB |
Updated |