| Date: | Thursday 27 August 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-AHP |
| MSN: | 6411 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 524 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 km from Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) -
 Paraguay
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
| Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS) |
A let down procedure to Asuncion airport using NDB was carried out while flying in instrument conditions. The aircraft descended below MDA and crashed short of the runway.
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Images:
photo (c) Archivo de Pedro Cataldo; near Asunción; August 1959
photo (c) Archivo de Pedro Cataldo; near Asunción; August 1959
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