| Date: | Thursday 11 April 1985 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-125-700B |
| Owner/operator: | Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales |
| Registration: | LV-ALW |
| MSN: | 257133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 951 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km SW of Salta Airport, SA (SLA) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
| Salta-Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport, SA (SLA/SASA) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
The BAe-125 struck a mountainside while performing an instrument approach to runway 01 at Salta Airport, Argentina.
The pilot did not comply with the instrument approach procedure.
aborted a landing attempt when weather fell below minima. The aircraft struck a mountainside during a thunderstorm.
Sources:
JIAAC
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