Arica – La Paz – Cochabamba

On March 15, 1963 at 01:55 PM, Arica – La Paz – Cochabamba experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Airlines, with the event recorded near Mt Chachacomani Tacna.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 36, passenger fatalities: 36, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Arica on the return flight at approximately 1327 hours Bolivian time. It was to be an eight-hour, VFR flight, and the aircraft was to cruise at 17,000 feet. Eight minutes after take-off the crew advised ATC at Cochabamba of the departure time, the number of passengers on board, the aircraft's weight and the amount of fuel being carried. Between 1347 and 1348 the air traffic controller at La Paz advised that Panagra flights 701 and 393, flying at 22,000 and 21,000 feet were estimating Charaña at 1355 and Arica at 1351 respectively. Flight 915 acknowledged the message. ATC at La Paz called the flight at approximately 1400 hours, and several times thereafter, to report on the new positions of the two Panagra aircraft, which were in the Arica zone but received no reply. It was determined subsequently that the aircraft crashed into Chachacomani Peak (latitude 17°49'00'', longitude 69°50'00''W) in Peruvian territory near the Chilean border at an altitude of 14,250 feet, sometime between 1351 and 1355. The wreckage was spotted by the crew of a reconnaissance aircraft few hours later and the first rescuers arrived on scene later to confirm that all 39 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-707, MSN 43547, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.4102°, -69.5896°.