Date: | Sunday 4 February 1962 |
Time: | 10:05 |
Type: | Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Faucett Perú |
Registration: | OB-PBH-530 |
MSN: | 7331 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 17 km NE of Tingo Maria -
Peru
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Huánuco Airport (HUU/SPHV) |
Destination airport: | Pucallpa Airport (PCL/SPCL) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Bad weather along the route forced the crew to return to Huanuco. This message, at 09:55, was the last one received from the flight. Eyewitnesses reported the aircraft 'falling and revolving in its descent' to the ground. The DC-3 struck the ground near the base of a hill.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "For undetermined reasons, the port elevator separated from the aircraft in flight."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (12-14)
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