Date: | Thursday 10 January 1974 |
Time: | 16:55 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Owner/operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
Registration: | TAM-52 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 30 km NE of La Paz -
Bolivia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Santa Rosa Airport (SRB/SLSR) |
Destination airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP) |
Narrative:The Douglas DC-4 went missing on a flight from Santa Rosa to La Paz, Bolivia. The last position report was at 16:48 abeam Coroico.
The wreckage was found 26 years later on the side of Mount Mik'aya.
Sources:
Ferrostin Cronicas Aeronauticas Statistics
- 30th worst accident in 1974
- 58th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 56th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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