| Date: | Thursday 7 November 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A/B |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | TC-55 |
| MSN: | 44114/453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6 km from Mar Del Plata Airport, BA (MDQ) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
| Mar del Plata Airport, BA (MDQ/SAZM) |
Crashed short of the runway. The airplane was returning to Buenos Aires following a reconnaissance flight over Antarctica.
Sources:
Recortes de un regreso accidentado (Roll Out blog)
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