Accident Convair CV-240-6 ZP-CDP, Friday 26 May 1967

Date:	Friday 26 May 1967
Time:	11:43
Type:	Convair CV-240-6
Owner/operator:	Lineas Aéreas Paraguayas - LAP
Registration:	ZP-CDP
MSN:	72
Year of manufacture:	1948
Total airframe hrs:	18502 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) - Argentina
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
When at 20 m on final approach to runway 10, the aircraft suddenly nosed down and crashed left wing-first. The wing broke off, the aircraft skidded onto the runway and came to rest upside down.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Premature operation of thrust reversers.

Sources:

ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume II (167-173)

Location

Images:

photo (c) via Arq. Anibal Ferreira Menchaca; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE); May 1967