Crash of a Potez 56 in Quilitapia: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 29, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
CC-LNN
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Santiago – Iquique
MSN:
3962
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
En route, while flying too low, the twin engine aircraft hit tree tops, lost a wing and crashed in flames in a ravine near Quilitapia, some 100 km south of Coquimbo. All six occupants were killed, among them the pilot David Vivero Carrasco.
