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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:DC-4
    Last Military Serial:42-72405 USAAF
    Construction Number:10510
    Last Civil Registration:CP-609
    Latest Owner or Location:Lloyd Aereo Boliviano-LAB

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    Event

    Constructed as a C-54B-1-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72405.

    Converted to a DC-4.

    To unknown owner with c/r XT-T06.

    To unknown owner with c/r XT-105.

    To unknown owner with c/r N8346C.

    To Civil Air Transport Inc, Sun Valley, CA with new c/r N4837V.

    20 May 1953

    To Civil Air Transport Inc, Sun Valley, CA with new c/r N4837V.

    25 April 1955

    Civil registration, N4837V, cancelled.
    Exported to Bolivia.

    To Lloyd Aereo Boliviano-LAB with new c/r CP-609.

    5 February 1960

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was destroyed. There were 59 fatalities. The domestic scheduled passenger flight departed Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB), Bolivia and was destined for La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia. The accident occurred at 15 km (9. 4 mls) S of Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB) (Bolivia) while en route. Narrative: The DC-4 crashed shortly after takeoff into Laguna Huanacota, a mountain lagoon. Reportedly one engine had caught fire. A two-year old girl survived the impact but died on the way to a hospital...

    Civil registration, P-609, cancelled.

    Written off.


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