Lima – Montevideo

On March 26, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Lima – Montevideo experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, operated by Trans American Leasing - TAL, with the event recorded near Isluga Región de Tarapacá.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Lima to Montevideo, carrying a load of cigarettes and whiskey. En route, the crew encountered problems with the engine number two and elected to return to Lima when the engine number one caught fire shortly later. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a desert area located near Isluga, near the Chili-Bolivia border. Upon landing, the left wing was torn off and the airplane came to rest, broken in two. All three crew members were uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7311C, MSN 1013, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -19.2511°, -68.7224°.