Douglas DC-6B CH1

6 February 1964 · Santiago Chile, South America · Fatal

Summary

On 6 February 1964 at about 07:50 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered CH1, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during in flight near Santiago Chile, South America. 87 people were on board and 87 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 February 1964 at 07:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Santiago Chile, South America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: CH1
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: B-0011

People

87 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
87	87	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CHILEAN - AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO SNOW-COVERED SLOPES OF ANDES IN VICINITY OF EL VOLCAN PASS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record B-0011, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

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Other Douglas DC-6B accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Jun 1964	Douglas DC-6B N8221H	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 May 1964	Douglas DC-6B N37558	Rochester N Y, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1964	Douglas DC-6B N93130	Hector Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	1
11 Apr 1964	Douglas DC-6B N6520C	San Jose Costa Ri, Central America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Dec 1963	Douglas DC-6B N93131	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1965	Douglas DC-6B N6548	Ft Wayne Ind, Indiana, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-

All 33 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Jul 1964	Sikorsky S-58 N422	Colombia S.a., South America no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	1
27 Jul 1964	Lockheed PV-2 N7270C	Aruba Antilles, South America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1964	Douglas DC-8 N8276H	Buenos, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Feb 1964	Beechraft 95 N2092C	Corcovado Brazil, South America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1964	Bellanca 14-19 N4964V	Valledupar Columb, South America no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
14 Jun 1965	Douglas DC-8 N8274H	Santiago Chile Sa, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 38 records in South America