Buenos Aires - Bahía Blanca

On July 15, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Buenos Aires - Bahía Blanca experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Aerolineas Argentinas, with the event recorded near Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires province.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 39 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 35, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The descent to Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport was started by night. The crew was informed by ATC that the visibility was reduced to 200 meters due to fog which means below minima. The captain decided to attempt an approach to runway 34. After passing the middle marker, he was able to see the runway lights so he decided to continue the approach under visual mode. Shortly later, he lost visual contact when the airplane struck the ground about 25 meters short of runway threshold and 200 meters to the left of the extended centerline. On impact, the right wing was torn off and the airplane lost its undercarriage before coming to rest. All 39 occupants were evacuated safely.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-IEV, MSN 1558, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.7350°, -62.1641°.