Airplane Crash - Belen, Chile 02/18/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Belen, Chile
Date | 02/18/1959 |
Location | Belen, Chile |
Operator | Southern Cross Airways |
Route | Arica, Colombia - Puerto Suarez, Bolilvia |
Type | Curtiss C-46A |
Registration | N68823 |
Cn/In | 26818 |
Aboard | 5 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The cargo plane was overloaded and could not maintain altitude after losing an engine. Crashed while attempting an emergency landing. |
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