Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | dimanche 12 juin 1988 |
Heure: | 09:20 |
Type/Sous-type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) |
Compagnie: | Austral Lineas Aéreas |
Immatriculation: | N1003G |
Numéro de série: | 48050/989 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1981 |
Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-209 |
Equipage: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
Passagers: | victimes: 16 / à bord: 16 |
Total: | victimes: 22 / à bord: 22 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 3 km (1.9 milles) S of Posadas Airport, MI (PSS) ( Argentine)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Resistencia Airport, CH (RES/SARE), Argentine |
Aéroport de destination: | Posadas Airport, MI (PSS/SARP), Argentine |
Numéro de vol: | AU046 |
Détails: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:
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
Opérations de secours
It was suggested to improve the protection of the insulating material for the equipment as well as for the ducts that allows the passing of wires inside the FDR and CVR.
Photos
accident date:
12-06-1988type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81
registration: N1003G
accident date:
12-06-1988type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81
registration: N1003G
accident date:
12-06-1988type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81
registration: N1003G
accident date:
12-06-1988type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81
registration: N1003G
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Resistencia Airport, CH et Posadas Airport, MI est de 304 km (190 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.