Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 DEC 1960 |
| Type: | Avro Lancaster B.1 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | T-102 |
| C/n / msn: | 1464 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Andrés de Giles, BA (Argentina)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lima International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
| El Palomar Airport, BA (SADP), Argentina |
Crashed in bad weather. Converted from Lancaster BI (B-045) in 1958 with parts of an Lancastrian 4 (ex LV-ACV FAMA, ex T-65 CAME, cn 1403) which was grounded due to corrosion.
Sources:
» La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina
» Lancastrian FAA forum thread
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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 Lima International Airport to El Palomar Airport, BA as the crow flies is 3118 km (1949 miles).
Distance from Lima International Airport to El Palomar Airport, BA as the crow flies is 3118 km (1949 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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