Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 9 January 1964
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino
Registration Number: LV-FYJ
Location: 8 km from Zar te, BA – ÿ Argentina
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 31
Component Affected: Undercarriage, wing, and engineUndercarriage, wing, and engine
Category: Accident
A flight from Rosario to Buenos Aires experienced a sudden and catastrophic event during its final leg. The aircraft experienced significant turbulence, leading to a rapid altitude change. The pilot immediately reported a localized fire in the cabin and initiated an emergency landing attempt at Zarate, but the plane failed to reach the landing site. The impact resulted in significant damage, including the undercarriage, wing, and engine, triggering a rapid de-integration of the aircraft. A fire erupted, contained to a localized area, and was initially not widespread.A flight from Rosario to Buenos Aires experienced a sudden and catastrophic event during its final leg. The aircraft experienced significant turbulence, leading to a rapid altitude change. The pilot immediately reported a localized fire in the cabin and initiated an emergency landing attempt at Zarate, but the plane failed to reach the landing site. The impact resulted in significant damage, including the undercarriage, wing, and engine, triggering a rapid de-integration of the aircraft. A fire erupted, contained to a localized area, and was initially not widespread.

Description

The flight took off from Rosario at 09:01 for a flight to Buenos Aires, the last leg of a flight from Santa Fe to Buenos Aires. Flight plan altitude was 1200 m. Turbulence, however, forced the crew to climb to 1800 m and later to 2400 m. At 09:43 the pilot reported a localized fire in the cabin and reported that they intended to make an emergency landing at Zarate. The plane didn’t make it to Zarate and was seen trying to make an emergency landing in a field, 9 km from Zarate. The plane struck the ground with the undercarriage, left wing and engine and started to disintegrate. A fire erupted, but didn’t spread over the entire aircraft. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Impact with the ground, for reasons which could not be ascertained, during a precautionary landing. There were fumes or smoke in the cabin and No.2 engine was cut and its propeller was windmilling, due to oil leakage.”

Primary Cause

Impact with the ground, for reasons which could not be ascertained, during a precautionary landing.Impact with the ground, for reasons which could not be ascertained, during a precautionary landing.

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