| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 17, 1966 |
| Time: | 1830 |
| Location: | Puertos Lobos, Argentina |
| Operator: | Aerovias Halcon |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Rio Gallegos - Buenos Aires |
| AC Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU |
| Registration: | LV-GLA |
| cn / ln: | 22534 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:12 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Ditched in the ocean after running out of fuel after a problem caused excessive fuel consumption. Decision to continue a flight with both engines impaired until ditching at night became inevitable, instead of making an emergency daytime landing on any of the various runways in the area at a time when the situation made it clear that this operation was inevitable. |
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