CFIT Accident Piper PA-23-250 Aztec LV-JTM, Tuesday 30 March 2004

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Date:	Tuesday 30 March 2004
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:
Registration:	LV-JTM
MSN:	27-451
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	San Carlos de Bariloche Airport, RN - Argentina
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Neuquén Airport, NE (NQN/SAZN)
Destination airport:	Chapelco, NE
Investigating agency:	JIAAC
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Struck ILS antenna on final approach and crashed.

Cause
On a medical evacuation flight, during the final leg of the instrument approach, impact of the left wing of the aircraft with the ILS GP subsystem antenna, due to the pilot descending, on final approach, below the minimum descent altitude.
Contributing factors:
1) Inadequate flight planning.
2) Inadequate company organization.

Accident investigation: