Crash of a Fairchild FC-2W2 in Ovalle: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 14, 1936
Registration:
19
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Ovalle Airport, while in initial climb, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a ravine, bursting into flames. All five occupants were killed, among them the pilot Mario Meneses Rocco.