Paso de Los Libres – El Palomar

On January 9, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Paso de Los Libres – El Palomar experienced a crash involving Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, operated by Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina, with the event recorded near Uruguay All Uruguay.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was returning to his base in El Palomar (Buenos Aires) after participating to a bridge between the cities of Paso de Los Libres and Uruguaiana, in Brazil. While overflying the northwest region of Uruguay, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in an isolated area located near the confluent of river Itacumbú and Zanja Honda. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all eight occupants were killed, among them Eduardo Justo, the son of the Argentinian President Agustin P. Justo. The rest of the crew consisted of one colonel, three lieutenant-colonel, one major and one lieutenant.

Aircraft reference details include registration 161.