De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Sep 9, 1974 (5 killed)

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on September 9, 1974 near Puerto Montt-El Tepual Región de Los Lagos, Chile with 5 fatalities.

A Chilean Air Force Twin Otter on a local training flight from Puerto Montt struck treetops on approach to El Tepual in marginal visibility and crashed in a wooded area. Five of the six people on board were killed, and one crew member survived.

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