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Date: | Friday 18 December 1925 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | Short 184 |
Owner/operator: | Aviación Naval de Chile |
Registration: | 6 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Valparaíso -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BAN La Torpederas |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The floatplane "Schort" crash-landed into the water after engine failure and capsized. Ten 1°Patricio Lynch and mechanic Manuel Madalla rescued by cruiser "O'Higgins".
Note: "Short N°9128" force-landed on beach at Las Torpederas, 1 AUG 1921. Coronel Travers and passenger Ten 2°Luis Humberto Marín unhurt (L.N. 2 AUG 1921, p11); Short N°3 and N°4 noted during a raid (L.N. 9 SEP 1921, p7);
A flyingboat crash-landed at Las Torpederas 19 NOV 1921, 10:30. Cor Travers, Ten Manuel Francke, Ten Luis H. Marín and pilot Alcayaga. The plane towed to beach and intended to repair (L.N. 20 NOV 21, p13).
A hydroplane from BA Las Torpederas capsized and sank in a landing accident 4 DEC 1925. Ten de Armada Edison Diáz rescued by Tugboat "Ortiz". Plane sank in an area to be very dificult to refloat it (L.N. 5 DEC 1925, p7)
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 19 December 1925, p4
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28-Feb-2024 17:53 |
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01-Mar-2024 17:06 |
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16-May-2024 06:58 |
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