Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JAN 1975 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | AE-259 |
| C/n / msn: | 140 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sierra del Aconquija, SA (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tucumán-Benj Matienzo Airport, TU (TUC/SANT), Argentina |
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The Twin Otter was on a reconnaissance flight when it flew into the side of the Nuñorco Chico at a height of 2000m in poor weather conditions.
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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.
