Neuquén – Bahía Blanca – Buenos Aires

On May 3, 1995 at 08:50 PM, Neuquén – Bahía Blanca – Buenos Aires experienced a crash involving Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, operated by Transportes Aéreos Petroleros - TAPSA, with the event recorded near Neuquén-Juan Domingo Perón Neuquén.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The twin engine aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Neuquén to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport with an intermediate stop in Bahía Blanca, carrying two pilots on behalf of Encotesa. Shortly after departure from Neuquén-Juan Domingo Perón Airport, while climbing by night, the crew informed ATC about his ETA in Bahía Blanca when control was lost. The aircraft crashed in Chimpay, in the suburb of Neuquén, about 4 km northeast of the airport, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed. Crew: Horacio Ovidio Filippini, pilot, Valerio Augusto Diehl, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-MOP, MSN 742, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.9521°, -68.1402°.