Río Gallegos – Ushuaia

On March 22, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Río Gallegos – Ushuaia experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina, with the event recorded near Mt Roncagly Ewn Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Ushuaia on a flight from Río Gallegos, the crew informed ground about his position vertical to Lake Fagnano. Few minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 600 meters, the airplane hit the slope of the Mt Roncagly Ewn located near the Almirantazgo fjord, on the south part of Chile. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was discovered by walkers 33 years later, in 1983, in an isolated area located west of Ushuaia. Crew: Cpt Bautista Faustino Mendioroz, 1st Lt Raúl Juan Zarzuela, Lt Emilio Barrios, Lt Marcos Carlos Modolo, Lt José Enrique Marcuzzi, Lt José Antonio Bianchi, Sgt Adrián Enrique Heynen, Sgt Adelmo Carmen Amoroso, Sgt Hector Oscar Ibañez, Maj Federico Nicolás Pacheco, Maj Humberto Francisco Losardo.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-019, MSN 1495.