Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 17 MAY 2001 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | TC-76 |
| C/n / msn: | 10412 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mendoza, MD (Argentina)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME), Argentina |
| Paraná AB, ER (PRA/SAAP), Argentina |
Immediately after takeoff, the aircraft made a descending right turn and crashed in a field, 300m past the runway. Unconfirmed reports say the no. 2 engine may have malfunctioned.
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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 Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD to Paraná AB, ER as the crow flies is 787 km (492 miles).
Distance from Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD to Paraná AB, ER as the crow flies is 787 km (492 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.
