ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27769
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Profesionales (TAPSA) |
| Registration: | LV-MOP |
| MSN: | 742SA |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chimpay, Río Negro -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Neuquén Airport (NQN) |
| Bahía Blanca Airport (BHI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Whilst en route from Neuquen to Bahia Blanca, contact was lost with the flight shortly after the pilot reported his ETA for his arrival at Bahia Blanca. It would seem that the aircraft entered a steep dive which continued until impact with the ground. Strongly suspected an internal cargo fire possibly due to dangerous goods not properly packed plus internal cabin plastic (polyethilene) covers might have caused crew in-flight incapacitation and subsequent dive and crash. The aircraft was operating a night mail service for the Argentine Post Office.
Sources:
1. Air Britain's Business Turboprops International 2009
2. http://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2012/02/lv-mop-mitsubishi-mu-2b-60-marquise-cn.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170811143038/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1995/archives/crash-of-a-mitsubishi-mu-2-marquise-in-bahia-blanca-2-killed/
4. Justice Dictamination upon pilot's widow claims: http://www.rlada.com/articulos.php?idarticulo=208071&exacta=&palabra=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Feb-2012 05:06 | Gwydd | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 10-Sep-2013 17:25 | wf | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2016 20:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 12:57 | Eugenio Grigorjev | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 20:24 | Eugenio Grigorjev | Updated [Date] |
| 18-Nov-2021 20:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
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