| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 308 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 99 Airliner |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 99 Airliner |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech 99A |
| C/n (msn): | U-145 |
| Operator Titles: | Chile - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Santiago - Arturo Merino BenítezMap |
| Country: | Chile |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: SCEL IATA: SCL Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 1997 |
| Photo by: | Tim Spearman |
| Photo ID: | 658330 |
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Chile was one of the very few military operators of the Beech 99A. Nine were delivered in 1970/71 and initially flown by Grupo 11 at Quintero, the last aircraft was finally withdrawn in 2010. 308 was placed onto the civil register in March 2000 as CC-KIW for operation by the Chilean Army Aero Club and sold to a private operator in November 2003 as CC-PLL. Registered in March 2005 to Mansfield Heliflight in the US as N391MH and returned to Chile as CC-CFM with Inversiones Aereas Patagonia (Aerocord) in January 2007. Crashed and destroyed shortly after take off from Puerto Montt in July 2008. This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 February 2024, and has since been viewed 194 times. |