Lima – Pisco – Tacna

On June 28, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Lima – Pisco – Tacna experienced a crash involving Faucett F.19, operated by Faucett, with the event recorded near Pozo Santo Ica.

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, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a cargo flight from Lima to Tacna with an intermediate stop in Pisco. Few minutes after its takeoff from Pisco Airfield, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Pozo Santo, about 23 km southeast of Pisco. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all three occupants were killed. Crew: Cdt Jorge Podestá Jiménez, Cpt Luis Yábar Dávila.

Aircraft reference details include registration OB-PAR-148, MSN 30.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -13.9066°, -76.0760°.