| Date: | Wednesday 21 November 1979 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  IAI Arava 102 |
| Owner/operator: | Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales |
| Registration: | LV-MRX |
| MSN: | 054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 25 km W of Puerto Williams, Navarino Island -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
| Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH/SAWO) |
Struck high ground in bad weather while descending for an instrument approach to Ushuaia Airport, TF (USH), Argentina.
Among those killed was YPF President Raúl Ondarts.
Sources:
Rio Negro Online
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