Date:	Friday 29 August 1980
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47B-23-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM Paraguay
Registration:	2016
MSN:	27148/15703
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Asunción -   Paraguay
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS)
Destination airport:	Ayolas Airport (AYO/SGAY)

Narrative:
Engine problems forced the crew to return to Asunción (ASU) shortly after takeoff. The airplane did not make it back to the airport and crash-landed in the Lambaré neighbourhood of Asunción, colliding with a house.

Scramble 308
The Paraguayan Air Force’s Military Air Transport - TAM / By Antonio Luis Sapienza (LAAHS Paraguay)
El Informador 31 August 1980, p8A

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