Rincón de Los Sauces – Cutral Có

On April 15, 1976 at 04:25 PM, Rincón de Los Sauces – Cutral Có experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Argentinas - YPFA, with the event recorded near Cutral Có Neuquén.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 34 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 31, passenger fatalities: 31, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. At 1555LT, the airplane departed Rincón de Los Sauces Airport bound for Cutral Có, carrying 31 employees of the Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Company. While descending to Cutral Có, the crew informed ATC about its ETA at 1633LT and requested the last weather briefing for destination Airport. Less than two minutes later, while flying at an altitude of 4,000 feet, the right wing detached and separated. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and crashed 35 km north of Cutral Có. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 34 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-HHB, MSN 1540, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.9409°, -69.2220°.