Quellón – Chaitén – Puerto Montt

On December 17, 1960 at 12:00 AM, Quellón – Chaitén – Puerto Montt experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile, with the event recorded near Puerto Montt Región de Los Lagos.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a flight from Quellón to Puerto Montt with an intermediate stop at Chaitén, carrying spare parts for another FAC Otter registered 932. While approaching Puerto Montt, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity when the airplane went out of control and crashed. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 933, MSN 193, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -41.4492°, -72.9620°.