| Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | Gobierno de Tierra del Fuego |
| Registration: | LV-TDF |
| MSN: | 35A-478 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 km E off Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
| Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH/SAWO) |
Crashed into water in poor weather (low visibility and snowstorm). The pilot descended below minimum safe altitude due to optical illusion when discontinuing IFR procedures and attempting a visual approach.
Sources:
Wisconsin State Journal May 17,1984
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