| Date: | Monday 19 June 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1649A Starliner |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Atlantica Argentina |
| Registration: | LV-GLH |
| MSN: | 1006 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
The Lockheed Starliner struck an earth abutment short of the runway, shearing off the undercarriage. The plane continued down the runway for 2/3 mile before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate conduct of flight. Error of judgement by the pilot during the approach to land."
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