Date:	Friday 26 June 1964
Time:	12:30
Type:	Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	Armada Argentina, Comando de Aviación Naval
Registration:	0189/5-T-2
MSN:	3087
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,5 km from Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL) -   Argentina
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG)
Destination airport:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ)

Narrative:
The Douglas C-54A transport plane operated on a flight from Ushuaia (USH), Argentina to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE). There was ice on the wings as the flight departed from Río Gallegos following an en route stop. A forced landing was carried out on a frozen field, shedding the propeller of one of the engines. Debris struck the other engine and the fuselage.

Historia de la Aviación Naval / Pablo Arguindeguy
El Litoral 26 June 1964, p2

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26 April 1964

5-T-2

Aviación Naval Argentina

Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz

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