Date: | Friday 26 May 1967 |
Time: | 11:43 |
Type: | Convair CV-240-6 |
Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas Paraguayas - LAP |
Registration: | ZP-CDP |
MSN: | 72 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Total airframe hrs: | 18502 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) -
Argentina
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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.
Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume II (167-173)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Arq. Anibal Ferreira Menchaca; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE); May 1967
photo (c) Carlos Sansalone; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE); 26 May 1967
photo (c) Carlos Sansalone; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE); 26 May 1967
photo (c) Carlos Sansalone; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE); 26 May 1967
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