LANSA Flight 501

LANSA Flight 501
Accident summary
Date	27 April 1966
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mount Talaula, Tomas District, Peru
Passengers	43
Crew	6
Fatalities	49
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Operator	LANSA
Registration	OB-R-771
Flight origin	Jorge Chávez International Airport
Destination	Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport

LANSA Flight 501 was a domestic flight from Lima to Cusco operated by a Lockheed L-749 Constellation aircraft registration OB-R-771. On 27 April 1966 flight 501 crashed into a mountain side in Tomas District.^[1]

The plane radioed a distress call 10 minutes after takeoff. At least four Americans, two Swiss, one Canadian, three Germans and one Spaniard were on board. Three of the Americans were Peace Corp volunteers.^[2]

References

↑ "Flight 501 crashed into Mount Talaula". Aviation-safety.net. 1966-04-27. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
↑ "Report Andes Plane Crash". Chicago Tribune. 1966-04-28. Retrieved 2017-05-03.

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Jan 14 Avianca Flight 4
Jan 17 Palomares B-52 crash
Jan 24 Air India Flight 101
Jan 28 Lufthansa Flight 005
Feb 2 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17
Feb 4 All Nippon Airways Flight 60
Feb 17 Aeroflot Flight 65
Feb 28 NASA T-38 crash
Mar 4 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402
Mar 5 BOAC Flight 911
Mar 18 United Arab Airlines Flight 749
Apr 22 American Flyers Flight 280
Apr 27 LANSA Flight 501
Jun 3 Felthorpe Trident crash
Jul 4 Air New Zealand crash
Aug 6 Braniff Flight 250
Sep 1 Britannia Airways Flight 105
Sep 22 Ansett-ANA Flight 149
Oct 1 West Coast Airlines Flight 956
Nov 13 All Nippon Airways Flight 533
Nov 15 Pan Am Flight 708
Nov 24 TABSO Flight 101

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