Douglas C-47 crash in Aysén
Chilean Air Force Douglas DC-3 · On 16 June 1963, a Douglas C-47A belonging to the Chilean Air Force crashed 42 km from Aysén
From Balmaceda (Chile) to Aysén (Chile)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 19 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 1
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Douglas DC-3
- Aircraft type
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 953
- Operator
- Chilean Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 19
- Route
- From Balmaceda (Chile)To Aysén (Chile)
Approximate · Estimated position: Aysén, Chile, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 16 June 1963, a Douglas C-47A belonging to the Chilean Air Force crashed 42 km from Aysén. Nineteen of the 20 people on board died, which at the time made it the second-worst air accident in Chile.
Accident
The aircraft took off from Balmaceda and about 42 km from Puerto Aysén the Douglas C-47 crashed at 15:00.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del Douglas C-47 en Aysén” (revision 175289897, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del Douglas C-47 en Aysén
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 175289897 · 2026-09-10 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q11737231
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Accidente del Douglas C-47 en Aysén" (page 11570245, revision 175289897), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.