Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 31, 1999 (65 killed), Buenos Ai...
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 31, 1999 near Buenos Aires-Aeroparque-Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires City, Argentina with 65 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: August 31, 1999
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Buenos Aires-Aeroparque-Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
- Fatalities: 65
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The flight crew forgot to extend the flaps for takeoff and ignored the configuration warning, with distracting conversations, crew discipline failures and alarm design contributing.
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 departed Buenos Aires Aeroparque for Cordoba with its flaps not set for takeoff. The crew was distracted by personal conversation and missed the flap step on the checklist, and ignored the takeoff configuration warning. The aircraft stalled after rotation, hit the ILS antenna, a fence and vehicles, and burned. The death toll is commonly given as 65, including two people on the ground.