| Date: | Friday 30 June 1961 |
| Time: | 20:57 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Transcontinental SA |
| Registration: | LV-FTO |
| MSN: | 193 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8926 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Córdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD (COR/SACO) |
| Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE) |
The Curtiss was flying the last (Cordoba-Buenos Aires) leg of a flight from Salta to Buenos Aires. The plane departed Cordoba at 18:46 and climbed to the cruising level of 2700 m. Approaching Buenos Aires, the plane was cleared for a runway 12 instrument approach. At 1300 m short of the runway and 175 m to the right of the extended centreline, the aircraft hit a 8 m high railway signal pole. The outer part of the right wing separate and the Curtiss turned about 45deg to the right, striking a group of trees and telegraph lines. The aircraft came down in a public area and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot failed to follow the instrument approach chart during the approach."
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 1958 | LV-FTO | Transcontinental SA | 0 | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, BA | |
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| 10 October 1959 | LV-FTO | Trascontinental SA | 0 | Pajas Blancas en la provincia de Córdoba | |
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