ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31139
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 October 1996 |
| Time: | 17:35 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | AE-507 |
| MSN: | 1559 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Campo Argentino de Polo, BA -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
According to unconfirmed reports the helicopter suffered a hydraulics failure while en route and crashed and burned during a subsequent attempted emergency landing at a polo field. The helicopter was transporting high ranking Argentinian and Peruvian military personnel together with their wives back to Buenos Aires following a sight seeing flight over the River Plate delta. Of the 15 persons on board, 10 (all passengers) were killed, and five occupants (three crew and two surviving passengers) suffered serious burn injuries.
Sources:
1. Scramble
2. Hamburger Abendblatt 10.10.1996
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Feb-2010 10:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2010 10:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2010 11:00 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-May-2011 14:06 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2015 18:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 06-Dec-2016 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2017 16:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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