Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 205
| Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 205 | |
|---|---|
 A structurally identical DC-6 of the Austral Lineas Aereas |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Structural failure |
| place | 12 kilometers east-northeast of Salto , Uruguay
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| date | September 7, 1960 |
| Fatalities | 31 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Douglas DC-6
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| operator |
 Aerolíneas Argentinas
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| Mark |
LV ADS
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| Surname | Mariano Moreno |
| Departure airport |
Asunción Airport , Paraguay
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| Destination airport |
Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport , Argentina
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| Passengers | 25th |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Aerolíneas Argentinas flight 205 (flight number: AR205 ) was a scheduled flight of the state airline Aerolíneas Argentinas from Asunción in Paraguay to Buenos Aires . On September 7, 1960, 31 people died on this flight on board a Douglas DC-6 after the machine was torn apart as a result of a propeller torn in flight. The machine then crashed at Salto in Uruguay .
Airplane and occupants
The machine used on Flight 205 was a Douglas DC-6, which was delivered to Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina (FAMA) on September 30, 1948 , which was later renamed Aerolíneas Argentinas , whereupon the machine in May 1949 accordingly was re-registered. The aircraft involved in the accident was the 127th fully assembled DC-6 from ongoing production, it had the factory number 43031. The four-engine aircraft was equipped with four Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 engines. The aircraft carried the aircraft registration LV-ADS and was christened Mariano Moreno . At the time of the accident, the machine had an operating performance of 19,229 operating hours with 5314 take-offs and landings.
There were 25 passengers and 6 crew members on board the DC-6.
the accident
Aerolíneas Argentinas flight 205 ran from Asunción Airport in Paraguay to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport in Argentina . When the machine was in the airspace of Uruguay over Salto , the propeller of engine no. 3 suddenly tore off. It then collided with the propeller of engine no. 4, whereupon the machine broke apart in the air and fell to the ground.
The machine crashed into a field near somersault . All 31 people on board were killed in the accident.
Cause of accident
The runaway propeller on engine no. 3 was found to be the immediate cause of the accident. This was caused by an irregular operation of the propeller regulator. The indirect cause of the accident was insufficiently strict monitoring of the maintenance work carried out on the engine. While the maintenance bulletins No. 1666 and 1680 of November 5, 1957 and May 15, 1958 published by Pratt and Whitney were not mandatory, the company should have taken into account the special conditions regarding the operational history of engine No. 3 of the LV-ADS machine .
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- Accident report DC-6 LV-ADS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 16, 2020.
- Operating history LV-ADS at rzjets.net
Coordinates: 31 ° 20 ′ 2.6 ″ S , 57 ° 53 ′ 55.7 ″ W.