Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 AUG 1978 |
| Time: | 22:58 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-351B |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CCX |
| C/n / msn: | 18584/342 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 47740 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 55 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina |
The aircraft was approaching runway 11 in fog when it struck trees in a gentle descent, some 2500m short of the runway threshold and 300m out of line with the runway centreline.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Collision with obstacle during final approach due to non-compliance with regulatory procedures." Sources:
» Aviation Letter 275 p.6
» Flight International 12.08.1997 (454)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/93 (#7)
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Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 7075 km (4422 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA as the crow flies is 7075 km (4422 miles).
