| Date: | Thursday 17 May 2001 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | TC-76 |
| MSN: | 10412 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME) |
| Paraná AB, ER (PRA/SAAP) |
Immediately after takeoff, the aircraft made a descending right turn and crashed in a field, 300 m past the runway. Unconfirmed reports say the no. 2 engine may have malfunctioned.
Sources:
La Nacion
Location
Images:
photo (c) Damian Orlando Castillo; Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport, MD (MDZ/SAME); 17 May 2001
photo (c) Carlos Cicalesi; 05 April 2000
photo (c) Horacio Clariá
photo (c) Lukas Lusser; Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP); 30 November 2000
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