Narrative:
The DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 operated on a flight from Comodoro Rivadavia Airport to Córdoba in Argentina. The first ILS approach to runway 18 at Córdoba Airport was aborted in poor visibility conditions. During a second approach, the airplane crashed in a maize field.
This airplane, T-83 msn 170, is also reported to have been damaged beyond repair in an accident on January 28, 1983. If the information on this accident is correct, T-83 must have been repaired following the 1983 accident.
» Soviet Transports
» Dmitriy Yertsov
» El Informador 27 May 1984, p12A
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Friday 25 May 1984 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas del Estado - LADE |
| Registration: | T-83 |
| MSN: | 170 ? |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Córdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD (COR) ( Argentina)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Comodoro Rivadavia Airport, CB (CRD/SAVC), Argentina |
| Córdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD (COR/SACO), Argentina |
The DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 operated on a flight from Comodoro Rivadavia Airport to Córdoba in Argentina. The first ILS approach to runway 18 at Córdoba Airport was aborted in poor visibility conditions. During a second approach, the airplane crashed in a maize field.
This airplane, T-83 msn 170, is also reported to have been damaged beyond repair in an accident on January 28, 1983. If the information on this accident is correct, T-83 must have been repaired following the 1983 accident.
Sources:
» La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003» Soviet Transports
» Dmitriy Yertsov
» El Informador 27 May 1984, p12A
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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 Comodoro Rivadavia Airport, CB to Córdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD as the crow flies is 1629 km (1018 miles).
Distance from Comodoro Rivadavia Airport, CB to Córdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD as the crow flies is 1629 km (1018 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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