Mendoza – Santiago de Chile

On March 11, 1933 at 10:00 AM, Mendoza – Santiago de Chile experienced a crash involving Fairchild FC-2, operated by Panagra - Pan American-Grace Airways, with the event recorded near Mt Pelado Mendoza.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine airplane departed Mendoza Airport at 0945LT on a cargo flight to Santiago de Chile. About 15 minutes later, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Pelado located some 25 km northwest of Mendoza. The airplane was destroyed and both crew members were killed. Crew: Mr. McMillan, Mr. Drymond.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC9723, MSN 527, year of manufacture 1929.