Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 16 July 1932
Aircraft Type: Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
Owner/operator: Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra)
Registration Number: NC403H
Location: near Vitacura –
ÿ Chile
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: The entire aircraft, specifically the three engines and the fuselage.The entire aircraft, specifically the three engines and the fuselage.
Category: Accident
A Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor passenger plane, named ‘San Jos’, crashed on Mount El Plomo in the Chilean Andes during a severe snowstorm. The wreckage was buried in ice and snow, and was not found until March 1934.A Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor passenger plane, named ‘San Jos’, crashed on Mount El Plomo in the Chilean Andes during a severe snowstorm. The wreckage was buried in ice and snow, and was not found until March 1934.
Description
The Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor passenger plane, named “San Jos”, crashed on Mount El Plomo in the Chilean Andes during a severe snowstorm. The wreckage was buried in ice and snow and was not found until March, 1934.
Primary Cause
Severe snowstorm conditions and ice accumulation on the mountain terrain.Severe snowstorm conditions and ice accumulation on the mountain terrain.Share on:
