Learjet 25 crash, Sep 23, 1989 (2 killed), Posadas-Libert...
Learjet 25 accident on September 23, 1989 near Posadas-Libertador General José de San Martín, Misiones, Argentina with 2 fatalities. Cause: A visual...
- Date: September 23, 1989
- Aircraft: Learjet 25
- Location: Posadas-Libertador General José de San Martín, Misiones, Argentina
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A visual approach flown too low after a go around from an ILS approach that was high on the glide path, in marginal weather.
A Learjet 25D owned by the government of Misiones flew an ILS approach to Posadas in marginal weather and went around high on the glide path. A low visual approach to runway 19 followed, and the jet struck the Parana River a few hundred metres offshore, killing two people and injuring five.