Date: | Friday 8 May 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
Registration: | T-47 |
MSN: | 3082 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 49 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 15 km N of Lima International Airport (LIM) -
Peru
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA) |
Destination airport: | Lima-Callao International Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
Narrative:Crashed into a sand dune in poor visibility.
The airplane operated on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Lima Peru with en route stops at Mendoza and Antofagasta.
Sources:
Raczynski, Esteban (2006) DC-4 - Los Clásicos en los Cielos del Cono Sur
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - May 10, 1964 Aeromilitaria Statistics
- 11th worst accident in 1964
- 20th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 12th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
Location
Images:
photo (c) Eduardo Baratti; El Palomar Airport, BA (SADP); 25 May 1963
photo (c) Eduardo Baratti; El Palomar Airport, BA (SADP); 03 October 1960
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