The Douglas C-54 operated by Faucett Perú was on 8 December 1967 a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Lima via Huánuco to Tingo Maria.

[1] After a short stopover in Huánuco, the airplane crashed at 12:00 near at the eastern slope near the top of a 3300 metres high mountain at Cordillera de Carpish in the Andes.

[5] The crash occurred within 100 metres of the highway between Lima and Tingo Maria.

[1] By the time that rescuers arrived at the scene, they found that looters from Huánuco had taken clothes, money, rings and other possessions from the bodies of the victims.

[5] It is assumed that due to the clouds the pilot didn’t see the mountain in time and crashed.