Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 May 1967
Aircraft Type: Convair CV-240-6
Owner/operator: Lineas Areas Paraguayas – LAP
Registration Number: ZP-CDP
Location: Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) –
ÿ Argentina
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24
Component Affected: WingWing
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a sudden and uncontrolled nose-down nosedown during final approach to runway 10, resulting in a left-wing-first crash. The wing broke off, and the aircraft skidded onto the runway, coming to rest upside down.An aircraft experienced a sudden and uncontrolled nose-down nosedown during final approach to runway 10, resulting in a left-wing-first crash. The wing broke off, and the aircraft skidded onto the runway, coming to rest upside down.
Description
When at 20 m on final approach to runway 10, the aircraft suddenly nosed down and crashed left wing-first. The wing broke off, the aircraft skidded onto the runway and came to rest upside down. PROBABLE CAUSE: Premature operation of thrust reversers.
Primary Cause
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