Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 23 November 1961
Aircraft Type: de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4
Owner/operator: Aerolineas Argentinas
Registration Number: LV-AHR
Location: 2 km from S?o Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP) – ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52
Component Affected: Aircraft systems, specifically the takeoff and climb procedures, and the aircraft’s operational control systems.Aircraft systems, specifically the takeoff and climb procedures, and the aircraft’s operational control systems.
Category: Accident
Airlines Argentinian and Brazilian flights 322 crashed shortly after takeoff from Campina Airport, Brazil, resulting in the deaths of all 52 occupants. The flight was scheduled to fly from Buenos Aires to New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL), with intermediate stops in S?o Paulo/Campinas Airport (VCP) and Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS). The aircraft lost altitude and collided with eucalyptus trees, leading to a crash.Airlines Argentinian and Brazilian flights 322 crashed shortly after takeoff from Campina Airport, Brazil, resulting in the deaths of all 52 occupants. The flight was scheduled to fly from Buenos Aires to New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL), with intermediate stops in S?o Paulo/Campinas Airport (VCP) and Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS). The aircraft lost altitude and collided with eucalyptus trees, leading to a crash.

Description

Aerolineas Argentinas flight 322, a de Havilland DH-106 Comet, crashed shortly after takeoff from S?o Paulo/Campina Airport, Brazil, killing all 52 occupants. Flight AR322 was a scheduled service from Buenos Aires, Argentina to New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL). Intermediate stops were planned at S?o Paulo/Campinas Airport (VCP), Brazil and Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS), Trinidad. The airplane took off from Campinas Airport at 05:38. After reaching an altitude of about 100 m the aircraft lost altitude, collided with eucalyptus trees and crashed. PROBABLE CAUSE: “It was presumed that the co-pilot was under flight instruction. If such was the case, the instructor, who was pilot-in-command, may have failed to brief or supervise the co-pilot properly.” Observations of the Government of Argentina as State of Registry: “Argentina has determined, in the light of information it has gathered, that the cause of the accident was: “Failure to operate under IFR during a takeoff by night in weather conditions requiring IFR operation and failure to follow the climb procedure for this type of aircraft; a contributory cause was the lack of vigilance by the pilot-in-command during the operations.”

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Failure to operate under IFR during a takeoff by night in weather conditions requiring IFR operation and failure to follow the climb procedure for this type of aircraft.Failure to operate under IFR during a takeoff by night in weather conditions requiring IFR operation and failure to follow the climb procedure for this type of aircraft.

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