Date: | Sunday 12 June 1988 |
Time: | 09:20 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) |
Owner/operator: | Austral Lineas Aéreas |
Registration: | N1003G |
MSN: | 48050/989 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-209 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km S of Posadas Airport, MI (PSS) -
Argentina
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Resistencia Airport, CH (RES/SARE) |
Destination airport: | Posadas Airport, MI (PSS/SARP) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Austral Lineas Aéreas flight 046 departed Buenos Aires-Aeroparque Jorge Newbery at 07:04 hours local time on a domestic flight to Resistencia and Posadas, Argentina. The first leg of the flight uneventful and the DC-9-81 aircraft departed Resistencia at 08:40 hours following a 26-minute stopover.
At 09:09, the crew established radio contact with the Posadas Tower controller, reporting at FL 090, VMC, at 30 NM from the airport. Some 7 minutes later the controller cleared the flight for a runway 01 VOR/DME approach, requesting the crew to report over the VOR, and cleared the flight to descend to 4000 feet. Weather at that time was very poor, with about 100 m visibility in fog.
At 09:20 the aircraft struck the top of a eucalyptus forest, at 3022 m (1,63 NM) from the runway 01 threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Impacto contra una arboleda y posterior incendio, debido a efectuar una aproximación por instrumentos, sin respetar lo indicado por la carta correspondiente para ese aeropuerto. " (Impact against woods and subsequent fire, due to carrying out an instrument approach, without respecting the indicated weather minima for that airport.)
Sources:
ICAO Adrep 3/88 (#17)
ICAO Adrep 6/88 (#52)
Informe Final de Investigación de Accidente de Aviación Civil / JIACA
Location
Images:
photo (c) Juan Manuel Bianchi; near Posadas; June 1988
photo (c) Juan Manuel Bianchi; near Posadas; June 1988
photo (c) Juan Manuel Bianchi; near Posadas; June 1988
photo (c) Andres Dominguez; Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP); December 1986
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