Puerto Montt – Chaitén

On February 26, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Puerto Montt – Chaitén experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Private Chilean, with the event recorded near Chaitén Región de Los Lagos.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a ferry flight from Puerto Montt-El Tepual Airport to Chaitén. The airplane was operated by Eduardo Rubio Guarderas. The landing was completed in the first third of the runway but it appeared the aircraft struck rubble on the ground, damaging both main gears. On of them then collapsed and the airplane veered off runway before coming to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration CC-CLB, MSN 14832/26277, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -42.9158°, -72.7071°.