Date: | Friday 15 May 1959 |
Time: | 20:42 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
Registration: | LV-AFW |
MSN: | 19790 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km off Mar del Plata, BA -
Argentina
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Mar del Plata Airport, BA (MDQ/SAZM) |
Destination airport: | Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI/SAZB) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 took off from Buenos Aires-Ezeiza at 18:30 for the night time flight 672 to Bahía Blanca via Mar del Plata. The aircraft arrived at Mar del Plata at 20:14. At 20:40 the C-47 departed for the last leg of a flight to Bahía Blanca. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft crashed into the sea.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "For undetermined reasons the aircraft crashed into the sea during a turn following a takeoff at night."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (127-130)
Informe Final de Accidente de Aviación Nro. 1219 / Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC)
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