- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 18, 1960
Time: 1530
Location: El Sosneado, Argentina
Operator: Transamerican Air Transport
Flight #: ?
Route: Buenos Aires - Santiago de Chile - Lima
AC Type: Curtiss C-46
Registration: LV-GGJ
cn / ln: 22554
Aboard: 9   (passengers:5  crew:4)
Fatalities: 9   (passengers:5  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed due to structural failure after flying into extremely violent turbulence. Insufficient preparation for the flight by the crew. Inadequate arrangements for the secure carriage of the livestock. The pilots failure to familiarize himself with the prevailing weather conditions. Not found until 11/21/61.
Sources

Return to Home Page

Copyright © Richard Kebabjian / www.planecrashinfo.com