Guayaquil – Arica

On March 16, 1968 at 12:00 AM, Guayaquil – Arica experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Sadia Transportes Aéreos, with the event recorded near Tacna Tacna.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While on a cargo flight from Guayaquil to Arica, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Maldito (3,501 meters high) located in the region of Tacna, Peru. The wreckage was found a month later, on April 16. All four crew members have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-AST, MSN 9659, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -18.0224°, -70.2422°.