| Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Austral Lineas Aéreas |
| Registration: | LV-GEB |
| MSN: | 30325 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE) |
Fuel exhaustion because of incorrect tank selection caused the no. 1 engine to quit when climbing through 90 m after takeoff. Unable to maintain height, a forced landing was carried out on a small sports field.
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| 20 March 1958 | LV-GEB | Austral Compañía de Transportes Aéreos | 0 | Comodoro Rivadavia Airport, CH | |
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