Incident Overview
Date: Friday 25 May 1984
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Owner/operator: Lineas Areas del Estado – LADE
Registration Number: T-83
Location: near C¢rdoba-Pajas Blancas Airport, CD (COR) –
ÿ Argentina
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Component Affected: DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 aircraftDHC-6 Twin Otter 200 aircraft
Category: Accident
A DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 aircraft crashed in a maize field after an aborted ILS approach to runway 18 at C¢rdoba Airport, Argentina, due to poor visibility conditions. The aircraft, T-83 msn 170, had a prior accident in 1983 and is reported to be beyond repair.A DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 aircraft crashed in a maize field after an aborted ILS approach to runway 18 at C¢rdoba Airport, Argentina, due to poor visibility conditions. The aircraft, T-83 msn 170, had a prior accident in 1983 and is reported to be beyond repair.
Description
The DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 operated on a flight from Comodoro Rivadavia Airport to C¢rdoba in Argentina. The first ILS approach to runway 18 at C¢rdoba Airport was aborted in poor visibility conditions. During a second approach, the airplane crashed in a maize field. This airplane, T-83 msn 170, is also reported to have been damaged beyond repair in an accident on January 28, 1983. If the information on this accident is correct, T-83 must have been repaired following the 1983 accident.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Poor visibility conditions during an ILS approach.Poor visibility conditions during an ILS approach.Share on:
