Accident Cessna 140A N9450A,
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Date:Sunday 14 August 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C140 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 140A
Owner/operator:Club Aéreo de Carabineros de Chile
Registration: N9450A
MSN: 15271
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Cabo Corrientes -   Colombia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wichita, KS via Tucumen, Panama
Destination airport:Los Cerrillos/Santiago
Narrative:
Disappeared on a ferry flight from Cessna factory. Found crashed at sea near Nuquí 18 August 1949. Pilot Ten René Barrera Vásquez. As "Cessna...9450-A" in local press.

Note: El Observador Aeronáutico reported the type as a "Cessna 140A"

Sources:

Correio da Manhã 20 August 1949, p5
El Tiempo 19 August 1949, p3/24 August 1949, p18
Scramble (Ce145)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Oct-2015 15:34 TB Added
04-Oct-2015 15:52 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Oct-2015 10:30 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2015 10:50 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]

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