Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 9, 1964 (30 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 9, 1964 near Zárate Buenos Aires province, Argentina with 30 fatalities. Cause: Impact with the ground...
- Date: January 9, 1964
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Zárate Buenos Aires province, Argentina
- Fatalities: 30
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Impact with the ground during a precautionary landing, after investigators found smoke or fumes in the cabin and an oil leak that led to the No. 2 engine being shut down with its propeller windmilling (ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 16).
A Douglas C 47 of Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino on a scheduled flight from Santa Fe to Buenos Aires developed a cabin fire and the pilot attempted an emergency landing short of Zarate. The aircraft struck the ground about 9 km from Zarate with its undercarriage, left wing and engine, then broke up and partly burned. Thirty occupants were killed and one passenger was seriously injured.