Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 10, 1962 (4 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 10, 1962 near Alcoche La Paz, Bolivia with 4 fatalities. Cause: Failure of the left engine, after...
- Date: September 10, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Alcoche La Paz, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of the left engine, after which the crew made a sharp turn in a narrowing valley and could not stay clear of the terrain.
An Aerolineas Abaroa Douglas C 47A on a charter flight from Caranavi to Rurrenabaque lost power on its left engine near Alcoche on 10 September 1962. The crew tried to turn back in the narrowing valley and the aircraft crashed into the river. All four people on board were killed.