Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1984 |
| Type: | Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | Gobierno de Tierra del Fuego |
| Registration: | LV-TDF |
| C/n / msn: | 35-478 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 9 km (5.6 mls) E off Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH/SAWO), Argentina |
Crashed into water in poor weather (low visibility and snowstorm). The pilot descended below minimum safe altitude due to optical illusion when discontinuing IFR procedures and attempting a visual approach.
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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.
