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| Date: | Monday 10 December 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DL Skytrain |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | TA-33 |
| MSN: | 9254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ellsworth Station -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ellsworth Station |
Caught fire during a JATO takeoff.
On December 30, 1962 Ellsworth Station closed; it was eventually covered by ice and disappeared.
Sources:
La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina
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