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got2go · **5/18/2014 - Mt. Potosi airplane wreck**

Finally made it to the plane wreck.
It was a pretty tough hike up there.

Douglas Corporation DC-3.
Crashed in 1942 with 22 people on board.
No survivors.

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One of the 2 radial engines.
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Oxygen tank?
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Tie rod + melted aluminium from the fire after the crash.
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Propeller pitch mechanism hub/cover.
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Back cover of prop pitch mechanism/hub.
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Propeller hub where the propeller blades attach.
One of the prop bases is still attached.
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Misc pieces...glass, ceramic from plate/cup, pipe..
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Auto pilot control actuator assembly...
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Cables used to control the flight surfaces...
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Electrical power connector/Lug + solenoid ?
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Armature from an electric motor ?
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Sheared bolts from engine cylinder...still safety wired together.
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Part of main landing gear.
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Landing gear assembly.
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Electrical connector (Bendix?).
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Planetary reduction gears for driving propellers.
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Engine Mount.
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Hydraulic actuator ?
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One of the 2 radial engines.
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Radial engine showing the safety wired bolts on the cylinders.
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Cast metal piece.
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The other landing gear assembly.
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More melted aluminum from the fire.
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Landing gear.
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Landing gear showing brake parts, hub/bearings.
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Pump from manual fire extinguishers carried on board.
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After the crash, aluminum was melted on site to be carried out and reused. (Aluminum was in high demand during the war).
This is a piece of one of the burners used to melt the aluminum on site.
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Springs from one of the airplane seats.
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This appears to be an engine exhaust.
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ars0n · 05-19-2014, 02:18 PM

Nice pics!!

Sundevilr1 · 05-19-2014, 02:41 PM

Holy Cow. Nice pics.

91CBR600 F2 · 05-19-2014, 05:58 PM

Nice pics, Ive known about this wreck from years ago but have never seen images till yours. Kinda makes you imagine what happened after the plane clipped the rocky edge up there and cartwheeled into the ground.

got2go · 05-19-2014, 06:02 PM

(05-19-2014 05:58 PM)91CBR600 F2 Wrote: Nice pics, Ive known about this wreck from years ago but have never seen images till yours. Kinda makes you imagine what happened after the plane clipped the rocky edge up there and cartwheeled into the ground.

It didn't...it did clip the wing, but only feet before hitting the solid rock cliff wall head on.
Clipping the wing made no difference...fuselage hit straight against flat solid rock.

91CBR600 F2 · 05-19-2014, 11:20 PM

HHmm thats interesting to know that as i had heard that it clipped an edge and did a cartwheel kind of crash. Second hand word of mouth can be incorrect sometimes. Now i want to look into this even more now.

Thanks for the correct info on this Icon_thumleft

Dougk35 · 05-20-2014, 01:20 AM

Nice!

Dougk35 · 05-20-2014, 01:23 AM

I think the rescuers went up on horses.

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