Incident Boeing 737-2S3 YV-216C, Sunday 14 November 2004
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Date:Sunday 14 November 2004
Time:19:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-2S3
Owner/operator:Rutaca
Registration: YV-216C
MSN: 21774/563
Year of manufacture:1979
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 98
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Incident
Location:Resistencia, CH -   Argentina
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:SLVR
Destination airport:SAEZ
Investigating agency: JIAAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Cause
In an international non-scheduled passenger flight, during the cruise phase, the right engine failed due to the breakage of several low-pressure compressor blades, due to the detachment and ingestion of sectors of the soundproofing panel of that engine; which forced the pilot to make a precautionary landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: JIAAC
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/pdf/Bol35.pdf
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363997.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Oct-2010 13:46 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
01-Aug-2020 11:15 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Aug-2020 11:16 harro Updated [Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ]

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