Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 APR 1985 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700B |
| Operator: | Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales |
| Registration: | LV-ALW |
| C/n / msn: | 257133 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Salta, SA (Argentina)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA, Argentina |
| Salta-Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport, SA (SLA/SASA), Argentina |
The HS-125 aborted a landing attempt when weather fell below minima. The aircraft struck a mountainside during a thunderstorm.
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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.
