ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332863
| Date: | Friday 26 June 1964 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Armada Argentina, Comando de Aviación Naval |
| Registration: | 0189/5-T-2 |
| MSN: | 3087 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km from Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
The Douglas C-54A transport plane operated on a flight from Ushuaia (USH), Argentina to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE). There was ice on the wings as the flight departed from Río Gallegos following an en route stop. A forced landing was carried out on a frozen field, shedding the propeller of one of the engines. Debris struck the other engine and the fuselage.
Sources:
Historia de la Aviación Naval / Pablo Arguindeguy
El Litoral 26 June 1964, p2
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