Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 FEB 1981 |
| Type: | Morane Saulnier (FMA) MS.760A Paris |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | E-218 |
| C/n / msn: | A-6 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 62 km NW of Mendoza, MD (Argentina)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed into Alumbre Mountain (10.300 feet) at Valle de Uspallata.
Sources:
» Arqueologia Aeronautica Argentina
» Flight International, 9 January 1982
» Doewe Pelleboer
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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.
