- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 22, 1943
Time: 1515
Location: Near Chaparra, Peru
Operator: Pan American Grace Airlines
Flight #: 9
Route: S Santiago de Chile - Arequipa - Lima
AC Type: Douglas DC-3A
Registration: NC33645
cn / ln: 4124
Aboard: 15   (passengers:11  crew:4)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:10  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed into the Mt. Chaparra in the Andes mountains while en route. Action of the pilot in continuing the flight on instruments in the overcast, contrary to company flight procedure of which, according to the evidence, the pilot was aware.
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