Quintero - Quintero

On June 15, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Quintero - Quintero experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile, with the event recorded near Lake Peñuelas Región de Valparaíso.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Quintero Airport for a training mission in the region of Valparaiso. In unclear circumstances, the seaplane crashed into the Lake Peñuelas located about 12 km southeast of Valparaiso. All six crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 560.