Douglas DC-6 crash, Nov 7, 1968, Mar del Plata Buenos Air...
Douglas DC-6 accident on November 7, 1968 near Mar del Plata Buenos Aires province, Argentina with no fatalities.
- Date: November 7, 1968
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Mar del Plata Buenos Aires province, Argentina
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Douglas DC6 with registration TC55 was returning to Buenos Aires from an Antarctic reconnaissance flight. It approached Mar del Plata in very bad weather and came down in flames in a field about six km short of the runway. All 24 occupants escaped, and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.