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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3msai in Cafayate

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1957
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
T-153
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cafayate - Cafayate
MSN:
4078
YOM:
1935
Location:
Cafayate
Salta
Country:
Argentina
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Christened 'Misiones', the three engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Cafayate while engaged in a local test flight. There were no injuries but the airplane was destroyed.

Crash of a Noorduyn Norseman near San Antonio de los Cobres: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1955 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Noorduyn Norseman
Operator:
Registration:
ZP-CAX
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Mexico City – Antofagasta – Salta – Asunción
Location:
San Antonio de los Cobres
Salta
Country:
Argentina
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Mexico City to Asunción, Paraguay, with intermediate stops at Antofagasta, Chile and Salta, Argentina. At 1245LT the aircraft took off from Antofagasta for Salta. It was to be a VFR flight via Chosque, Chile and San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta Province. The aircraft was seen at 1400 hours flying in a straight line at very low altitude in the direction of San Antonio de los Cobres 40 km east of Olapacato. One witness, believing that the aircraft intended to land, followed it in a jeep only to find its burned wreckage some 20 km away. It had crashed into the side of a hill rising north of Rio Tocomar, approximately 70 metres above the river bed. The height above sea level at this point is approximately 4,500 metres. One eye witness stated that the aircraft crashed in rectilinear horizontal flight into the northern slope of the hill and that the pilot had not taken any avoiding action. The pilot, the sole occupant, was killed, and the aircraft was destroyed by the crash and the fire which followed.
Probable cause:
The accident was attributed to a loss of control over the aircraft due to a possible state of anoxia on the part of the pilot. A contributing factor was inadequate flight preparation, as no account was taken of the need for oxygen- breathing equipment for high altitude flying.
Final Report:

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-50-DK Skytrain near La Poma: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1949
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
45-1138
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Panama City – Buenos Aires
MSN:
17141/34408
YOM:
1945
Location:
La Poma
Salta
Country:
Argentina
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a diplomatic flight from Panama City to Buenos Aires, carrying a crew of three and five passengers, among them Colonel Gerald Evan Williams, attaché at the Embassy of the United States in Buenos Aires, and his wife. While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 meters, the aircraft hit the ground and disintegrated in a rocky and desert area located about 20 km west of La Poma. The wreckage was found few hours later and all eight occupants were killed.

Crash of a Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman in El Chañar: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1946 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Noorduyn Norseman
Operator:
Compania Argentina de Aeronavegacion Dodero (CADAD)
Registration:
LV-AAU
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wilmington - Buenos Aires
MSN:
219
YOM:
1943
Location:
El Chañar
Salta
Country:
Argentina
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew, consisting of David Hemsted, pilot, and Roy Sparks, flight engineer, was performing a delivery flight from Wilmington-DuPont Field, Delaware, to Buenos Aires. Enroute, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances, killing both occupants.
Other sources reports the aircraft crashed in the region of Caldera, Chile, while on a delivery flight to Santiago de Chile, which is quite amazing for an aircraft registered in Argentina and being delivered to an Argentinian operator.
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