19

On March 14, 1936 at 12:00 AM, 19 experienced a crash involving Fairchild FC-2, operated by LAN Chile - Linea Aérea Nacional de Chile, with the event recorded near Ovalle Región de Coquimbo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Ovalle Airfield, while climbing, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames in a ravine located in Tuqui, north of Ovalle. All five occupants, among them the pilot Mario Meneses Rocco, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 19, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -30.6644°, -71.2754°.