Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046

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Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046
Accident
An Austral Líneas Aéreas McDonnell Douglas MD-81, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Date	June 12, 1988
Summary	Crashed on approach due to pilot error and poor visibility
Site	Near Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, Posadas, Argentina
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas MD-81
Operator	Austral Líneas Aéreas
IATA flight No.	AU046
Registration	N1003G
Flight origin	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires
Stopover	Resistencia International Airport
Destination	Posadas Libertador General José de San Martín Airport
Passengers	55
Crew	6
Fatalities	61
Survivors	0

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 was an Argentine scheduled domestic flight from Buenos Aires to Posadas, via Resistencia, that undershot the runway at Libertador General Jose de San Martin Airport in Posadas on June 12, 1988, in conditions of poor visibility. All 61 of the occupants of flight 046 were killed in the crash.

Accident sequence

Flight 046, operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, departed Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery to Resistencia at 7:04 local time, and departed from Resistencia to Posadas at 8:40 after a 20-minute stopover. At 9:09, the crew of Flight 046 made radio contact with Posadas air traffic control, and 7 minutes later, the flight was cleared for an approach to Runway 01. The weather at the time was very poor, with extremely dense fog reducing visibility to just 100 meters. Shortly after making contact with controllers at Posados Airport, the aircraft struck the top of a eucalyptus tree, flipped on its side and crashed 3 kilometers (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) short of the runway. All on board perished and the aircraft was destroyed on impact.

Investigation

The investigation into the disaster, led by the Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC) concluded that the main factor in the crash was that the crew attempted to land below the indicated minimum weather conditions for the instrument approach. The crash had severely damaged both the Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorders, as the post crash fire rendered large portions of both recordings unusable. Small sections of the recordings were salvaged and analysed thoroughly by the Argentinian investigators. Analysis of the recovered cockpit voice recording revealed the first officers hesitation to land in extremely dense fog, as well as his dismay when realising the aircraft had descended below the lowest safe altitude permitted for the approach.

The JIAAC made recommendations to the National Transportation Safety Board and McDonnell Douglas to improve the insulation of both recorders, and to strengthen the wiring that connects the cockpit area microphone to the actual cockpit voice recorder located in the empennage.

References

^ "Informe Final de Investigación de Accidente de Aviación Civil" [Final Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Report] (PDF) (in Spanish). Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
"Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) N1003G, Sunday 12 June 1988". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft Accident McDonnell Douglas MD-81 N1003G". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
"INFORME FINAL INVESTIGACION DE ACCIDENTES DE AVIACIÓN" (PDF). Wayback Machine. Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

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Jan 2 Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782Jan 18 Aeroflot Flight 699Jan 18 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146Jan 19 Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286Jan 24 Aeroflot Flight 29674Feb 3 American Airlines Flight 132Feb 8 Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108Feb 19 AVAir Flight 3378Feb 27 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crashMar 1 Comair Flight 206Mar 4 TAT Flight 230Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 3739Mar 17 Avianca Flight 410Apr 5 Kuwait Airways Flight 422Apr 28 Aloha Airlines Flight 243May 6 Widerøe Flight 710May 24 TACA Flight 110Jun 12 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046Jun 23 British Army Lynx shootdownJun 26 Air France Flight 296QJul 3 Iran Air Flight 655Jul 13 BIH Sikorsky S-61N crashAug 17 Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqAug 28 Ramstein air show disasterAug 31 CAAC Flight 301Aug 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141Sep 9 Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Sep 15 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604Oct 17 Uganda Airlines Flight 775Oct 19 Indian Airlines Flight 113Nov 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703Dec 8 Remscheid A-10 crashDec 11 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crashDec 21 Pan Am Flight 103

1987 ◄ ► 1989

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