Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JUN 1972 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Aerolineas Flecha Austral - ALFA |
| Registration: | CC-CDU |
| C/n / msn: | 33369 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Santiago (Chile) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Santiago-Pudahuel Airport (SCL/SCEL), Chile |
The aircraft was on an ADF runway 35 approach to Pudahuel Airport when in struck El Ovejero Mountain near the Maipu township of Santiago de Chile.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
