Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1975 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas del Estado - LADE |
| Registration: | TC-72 |
| C/n / msn: | 10404 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4953 |
| Cycles: | 5236 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 35 km (21.9 mls) W of San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN (BRC) (Argentina)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | El Palomar Airport, BA (SADP), Argentina |
| San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN (BRC/SAZS), Argentina |
Struck a mountain (Cerro López) while descending for an ILS approach.
Most of the passengers were soldiers and policemen who took part in flood relief operations in Neuquen Province.
Events:
Sources:
» Airnieuws 313 (p. 16)
» Willem Wendt
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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 El Palomar Airport, BA to San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN as the crow flies is 1314 km (821 miles).
Distance from El Palomar Airport, BA to San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport, RN as the crow flies is 1314 km (821 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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