Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 12 MAR 1954 |
| Time: | 09:37 |
| Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3mreo |
| Operator: | Ministerio de Agricultura |
| Registration: | LV-ZBE |
| C/n / msn: | 5656 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) E of Catamarca Airport, CA (CTC) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Catamarca Airport, CA (CTC/SANC), Argentina |
| Catamarca Airport, CA (CTC/SANC), Argentina |
Engines nr.2 and 3 failed in succession because the fuel was contaminated with water. The right wing collided with a line of trees and the airplane crashed.
CAUSE: "Forced landing due to immediate arrest of two of the three engines of the aircraft, due to the presence of water in the fuel." Sources:
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Distance from Catamarca Airport, CA to Catamarca Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Catamarca Airport, CA to Catamarca Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
