Date:	Thursday 3 August 1978
Time:	22:58
Type:	Boeing 707-351B
Owner/operator:	LAN Chile
Registration:	CC-CCX
MSN:	18584/342
Year of manufacture:	1963
Total airframe hrs:	47740 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2,5 km W of Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) -   Argentina
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft was approaching runway 11 in fog when it struck trees in a gentle descent, some 2500 m short of the runway threshold and 300 m out of line with the runway centreline.
The aircraft came down on the grounds of the Ezeiza Atomic Center (CAE).

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Collision with obstacle during final approach due to non-compliance with regulatory procedures."

Aviation Letter 275 p.6
Flight International 12 August 1997 (454)
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/93 (#7)

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 29 April 1978

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