Mendoza - Santiago de Chile

On October 19, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Mendoza - Santiago de Chile experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by LADECO Airlines - Línea Aérea del Cobre, with the event recorded near Mendoza Mendoza.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, the crew reported technical problems and was cleared to return with the engine number one shut down. Shortly later, the airplane crashed on Mt Santa Elena located few km from the airport. All three crew members were killed. The aircraft was chartered to Aero Dominicana.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-146, MSN 43270/187, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -32.8875°, -68.8359°.