Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris

Robert E. J. Morris

Shortly after takeoff, the pilot radioed the air traffic control tower declaring an emergency and stating his intent to return for landing. He stated that he had taken off with an external boarding ladder attached to the aircraft. Several witnesses reported that the aircraft's downwind leg was too close to the airport causing the aircraft to overshoot the turn to the final approach course, and that the pilot increased the aircraft's bank angle as he tried to align the aircraft with the landing runway. As the aircraft was intercepting the final approach course, it abruptly rolled inverted, the nose dropped, and the aircraft spiraled onto the roof of an industrial building. A Boeing 757 aircraft, landing on the same runway, had passed over the accident site 2 minutes and 17 seconds earlier. The B-757 was cleared to land before the accident aircraft received a takeoff clearance and was on the runway when the pilot declared the emergency and turned downwind. The local controller did not issue a wake turbulence advisory. Experienced MS760 pilots reported that the aircraft will exhibit no adverse performance or safety affects with the boarding ladder attached.

Private French

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The pilot, sole on board, departed Mendoza-El Plumerillo on a post maintenance test flight. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on a hilly terrain located near Manantiales. The pilot was injured.

Stonewall Transport

The pilot, a heart transplant surgeon, was advised of a donor in Las Cruces, NM. He and a physician's assistant were to fly to Las Cruces, retrieve the donor heart, and return to Albuquerque, where the transplant was to be performed. The pilot obtained a weather briefing (VMC was forecast) and filed an IFR flight plan. He fueled the jet aircraft to capacity and took off into a dark, clear, moonless night towards open, flat terrain with few ground lights. The aircraft crashed seconds later. It impacted the ground in a left wing/nose slightly low attitude at high speed. There was no evidence of preimpact failure/malfunction of the airframe, engines, instruments, or controls. The pilot had been awake for 22 hours with little or no rest. He was not current for night flight. His IFR currency could not be determined. Both occupants were killed.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The crew departed Córdoba AFB on a training mission. En route, he encountered stormy weather went control was lost. The aircraft crashed in a field in Las Perdices, killing both occupants. Crew: 1st Lt Claudio Varando, 1st Lt Alf Hugo Ojeda.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

While flying at a very low height over Lake Ullúm, the aircraft struck the water surface and crashed in the lake. All three crew members were killed.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing both pilots.

French Air Force - Armée de l'Air

The airplane was completing a flight from Vélizy-Villacoublay to Biarritz when it crashed upon landing in unclear circumstances. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The crew was engaged in a training mission out from San Rafael Airport. While flying at an altitude of 10,300 feet, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located near the Uspallata Valley, about 62 km northwest of Mendoza. Both occupants were killed.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the pilot, sole on board.