
Détails:
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."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | samedi 20 février 1960 |
| Heure: | 11:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 |
| Compagnie: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Immatriculation: | LV-AHO |
| Numéro de série: | 6410 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1959 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Rolls-Royce Avon 524 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 6 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 6 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) ( Argentine)
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| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Entrainement |
| Aéroport de départ: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentine |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentine |
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:
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)Photos
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