Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1959 |
| Time: | 20:42 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL |
| Operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-AFW |
| C/n / msn: | 19790 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) off Mar del Plata, BA (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mar Del Plata Airport, BA (MDQ/SAZM), Argentina |
| Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI/SAZB), Argentina | |
| Flightnumber: | 672 |
The DC-3 took off from Buenos Aires-Ezeiza at 18:30 for the night time flight AR672 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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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mar Del Plata Airport, BA to Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA as the crow flies is 409 km (256 miles).
Distance from Mar Del Plata Airport, BA to Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA as the crow flies is 409 km (256 miles).
