Buenos Aires – San Carlos de Bariloche

On December 8, 1957 at 04:45 PM, Buenos Aires – San Carlos de Bariloche experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-4, operated by Aerolineas Argentinas, with the event recorded near Bolívar Buenos Aires province.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

61 people were known to be on board, 61 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 55, passenger fatalities: 55, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft took off from Ezeiza Airport at 1554LT on a scheduled flight direct to San Carlos de Bariloche with Comodoro Rivadavia as alternate. Six crew and fifty-five passengers were aboard. Clearance was granted by the Regional Centre Control Area for an IFR flight outside airways, with 1 200 metres as safety height as far as Neuquén and 2 400 metres up to the destination aerodrome. The aircraft carried out routine communications with the airport control tower and with the approach control office until it reached Lobos, where it was authorized to use telegraphy. From that moment there was no further information available concerning the flight. It was later established that at 1645 hours the aircraft had crashed 25 km southeast of Bolivar. All occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact and the fire which broke out subsequently.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-AHZ, MSN 27227, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.6761°, -58.5313°.