Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 MAY 1957 |
| Type: | Vickers 615 Viking 1B |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas del Estado - LADE |
| Registration: | T-3 |
| C/n / msn: | 151 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 30 km (18.8 mls) SW of San Carlos de Bariloche, RN (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE), Argentina |
| San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN (BRC/SAZS), Argentina |
The Vickers Viking flew into a mountainside near San Carlos de Bariloche, killing all aboard.
Sources:
» Rome News-Tribune - May 14, 1957
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Distance from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA to San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN as the crow flies is 1331 km (832 miles).
Distance from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA to San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN as the crow flies is 1331 km (832 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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