ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336709
| Date: | Friday 14 May 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 615 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina - FAMA |
| Registration: | LV-AFL |
| MSN: | 192 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Junín Airport, BA (JNI) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
| Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE) |
A Vickers 615 Viking 1B was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing accident near Junín Airport, BA (JNI), Argentina.
The crew decided to divert to Junín when the airplane suffered unspecified problems with one engine. Visibility was poor and the aircraft impacted farm land, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The airplane caught fire but all five crew members escaped unharmed.
Sources:
El Orden 15 May 1948, p1
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