Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205
	A Curtiss C-46A Commando, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
Date	16 January 1959
Summary	Crashed while attempting to land in IFR conditions
Site	Off Mar del Plata, Argentina
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Curtiss C-46 Commando
Operator	Austral Líneas Aéreas
Registration	LV-GED
Flight origin	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport,(AEP/SABE), Argentina
Destination	Mar Del Plata Airport, (MDQ/SAZM), Argentina
Occupants	52
Passengers	47
Crew	5
Fatalities	51
Injuries	1
Survivors	1

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 was a regularly scheduled domestic Austral Líneas Aéreas flight operating a route between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentina that crashed after encountering poor weather conditions during landing on 16 January 1959, killing 51 of the 52 passengers and crew on board. At the time, the crash was the second-worst accident in Argentine aviation history and is currently the sixth-worst involving a Curtiss C-46 Commando.^[1]

Accident

The

stalled and crashed into the sea about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) away from the airport at 21:40 local time. All members of the crew were killed and the only survivor of the 47 passengers aboard the crash was seriously injured, still he managed to swim until the coast.^[2]

Causes

An investigation of the crash placed most of the blame for the accident on the crew. The pilot was not familiar with the airspace and had miscalculated his instrument approach, resulting in a missed approach. In addition, the crew's mental state contributed to the subsequent stall and loss of control that caused the aircraft to crash. Contributing factors were the non-functioning radio beacon and the poor visibility which made discerning the airport's lights and runway difficult.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Ranter, Harro (1959-01-16). "ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando LV-GED Mar del Plata, BA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
^ ^a ^b "Mar del Plata". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 1968-11-07. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
ISBN 978-1-62112-753-6
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1959 (1959)

Jan 8

Braniff Flight 542
Oct 23

Aeroflot Flight 200
Oct 30

Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
Nov 16

National Airlines Flight 967
Nov 16

Aeroflot Flight 315
Nov 21

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202
Dec 1

Allegheny Airlines Flight 371
Dec 4

San Diego F3H crash
Dec 13

Aeroflot Flight 120

1958 ◄ ► 1960

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Aviation accidents and incidents in Argentina

Eduardo Newbery (October 1908)

August 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident (August 1947)

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 670 (December 1957)

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 (January 1959)

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 (July 1961)

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707 (February 1970)

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901 (May 1981)

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 (June 1988)

LAPA Flight 3142 (August 1999)

Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 (May 2011)

2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision (March 2015)

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[Ranter_1959-1] Ranter, Harro (1959-01-16). "ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando LV-GED Mar del Plata, BA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[Bureau_of_Aircraft_Accidents_Archives_1968-2] "Mar del Plata". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 1968-11-07. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[Spivack2012-3] ISBN 978-1-62112-753-6
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