Santiago - Santiago

On January 27, 1972 at 11:45 AM, Santiago - Santiago experienced a crash involving Rockwell Grand Commander 680, operated by Línea Aérea Taxpa, with the event recorded near Santiago de Chile-Los Cerrillos Región Metropolitana de Santiago.

The flight was categorized as training 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 local training flight at Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport. Following three successful landings, the crew attempted a fourth landing when the twin engine airplane landed hard. On touchdown, one of the main landing gear partially collapsed and the airplane rolled for about 500 meters before it veered off runway and came to rest in a ditch. While both pilots were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration CC-CEU, MSN 680-511-181, year of manufacture 1958.