Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The four engine airplane departed Santiago de Chile at 1021LT and landed at Punta Arenas for a technical stop at 1444LT. It took off at 1653LT on a leg to Teniente Rodolfo Marsh-Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Airport located on King George Island, Antarctica, carrying 21 passengers and 17 crew members. After flying a distance of about 390 NM, while in cruising altitude, the radar contact was lost, vertical to the Drake Passage. SAR operations were initiated jointly by the Chilean, Uruguay and Argentine Air Forces which dispatched several aircraft over the area. Two days later, debris were found floating on water. It seems that none of the 38 occupants survived the crash.

Casa 212 Aviocar

The twin engine aircraft departed Santiago de Chile-Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (Pudahuel) Airport on a special flight to Robinson Crusoe Island, carrying 17 passengers and a crew of four. The flight was organized by NGO's in cooperation with the Chilean National Television to see the progress of the reconstruction on the island of Robinson Crusoe following the 2010 earthquake. Among the occupants were members of the National Television and also from the Council of Culture. The famous Chilean television icon Felipe Camiroaga Fernández was among the passengers. Following an almost 3-hour flight, the crew completed a low pass over the runway 14 then started the approach to runway 32 from the sea. At an altitude of about 650 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent, rolled to the left to an angle of 90° and impacted the sea. Debris were found floating on water and the main wreckage was later found about one km southeast from the airport. All 21 occupants were killed. Personnel from the Chilean Air Force: Lt Carolina Fernández Quinteros, Lt Juan Pablo Mallea Lagos, 1st Sgt Eduardo Jones San Martín, 1st Cpl Eduardo Estrada Muñoz, 2nd Cpl Flavio Oliva Pino, 2nd Cpl Erwin Núñez Rebolledo, Cdt Rodrigo Fernández Apablaza, José Cifuentes Juica. Council of Culture: Galia Diaz Riffo, Romina Irarrázabal Faggiani. Chilean National Television: Felipe Camiroaga Fernández, Roberto Bruce Pruzzo, Sylvia Slier Munoz, Caroline Gatica Aburto, Rodrigo Cabezón de Amesti. Members of the 'Desafío Levantemos Chile' NGO: Felipe Cubillos Sigall, Sebastián Correa Murillo, Catalina Vela Montero, Joel Lizama Nahuelhual, Jorge Palma Calvo, Joaquín Arnolds Reyes.

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

The crew departed Puerto Montt-El Tepual for a training flight. En route, the twin engine aircraft collided with the cables of a 23,000 volts powerline and crashed on a hilly terrain, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.

Casa 212 Aviocar

En route from Santiago to Coyhaique, the crew encountered severe icing conditions and was cleared to divert to Puerto Montt Airport. Few minutes later, the aircraft lost height and crashed on the slope of Mt Michimahuida. The wreckage was found on August 21. All 14 occupants were killed.

Cessna 650 Citation III

On final approach to Concepción-Carriel Sur Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with overcast at 750 metres and broken at 300 metres. On final, the crew informed ATC he just passed over the inner marker when the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain (435 metres high) located 4 km short of runway 20 threshold. All three crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, wind was blowing from the north at 23 knots. For unknown reasons, the crew was completing the approach at an insufficient altitude.

De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo

Crashed in unknown circumstances upon landing at Punta Arenas-Presidente Carlos Ibáñez Airport. There were no casualties. The exact date remains unknown, somewhere during 1981.

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

En route, the crew encountered technical problems and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located 40 km east of Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport. A passenger was killed while 16 other occupants were injured, some of them seriously.

Douglas DC-6

On approach to Puerto Montt-El Tepual Airport, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with rain falls and a limited visibility due to the night. In unknown circumstances, the four engine airplane crashed in flames in a swampy area located five km short of runway. All seven crew members and 31 passengers were killed while 44 other occupants were injured.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Quintero, killing all nine occupants.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

The airplane departed Santiago de Chile-Pudahuel Airport for a local training mission with a crew of three and four paratroopers on board. While cruising at a relative low altitude, the paratroopers bailed out when one of them struck a stabilizer. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in Colina, about 23 km northeast of Pudahuel Airport. All seven occupants were killed.