Bogotá – La Paz – Santiago – Buenos Aires

On July 11, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Bogotá – La Paz – Santiago – Buenos Aires experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by Aeropesca Colombia, with the event recorded near Mt Planchón-Peteroa Región del Maule.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a special cargo flight from Bogotá to Buenos Aires with intermediate stops in La Paz and Santiago de Chile, carrying five passengers, three crew members and a load of eight bulls for an exhibition in Buenos Aires. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Planchón-Peteroa (4,107 meters high) located about 200 km south of Santiago. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was eventually found on 18 November 1966. All eight occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-527, MSN 33215, year of manufacture 1945.