Puerto Montt – Punta Arenas

On February 7, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Puerto Montt – Punta Arenas experienced a crash involving Junkers G.24, operated by Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile, with the event recorded near Punta Arenas Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While on approach to Punta Arenas, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in the Strait of Magellan, off Punta Arenas. Both crew and a passenger were killed while three other occupants, among them General Arturo Merino Benítez, were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration J6, MSN 928, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -53.1312°, -70.8674°.