Boeing 707 crash, Oct 23, 1996 (2 killed), Buenos Aires-E...
Boeing 707 accident on October 23, 1996 near Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini, Buenos Aires City, Argentina with 2 fatalities. Cause: Erroneous...
- Date: October 23, 1996
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Erroneous setting of the airbrakes together with full flap extension during the short final approach, combined with poor descent and approach planning, no briefing, non-use of the cockpit checklist, and insufficient crew resource management training.
A LADE Boeing 707 cargo flight from Santiago de Chile was on final approach to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza at high speed when the crew extended the flaps in several steps while the airbrakes were also selected. The aircraft pitched nose down into a rapid descent and struck the ground 750 metres short of the runway, breaking in three and catching fire. Both pilots were killed and six other occupants were injured.