ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333844
Date: | Saturday 20 February 1960 |
Time: | 11:45 |
Type: | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 |
Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
Registration: | LV-AHO |
MSN: | 6410 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 524 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) -
Argentina
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
Destination airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Comet flight crew were carrying out an approach and landing at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza during training flight. The aircraft landed heavily, forcing the main gear legs up through the wings. The Comet bounced and touched down several hundred yards further on; a fire then erupted.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper flight instruction and faulty use of the controls and the engines on the part of the flight instructor, causing a violent landing."
Sources:
Informe Final de Accidente de Aviación Nro. 1370 / Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC)
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