Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 04 JUL 2012 |
| Time: | ca 19:00 |
| Type: | Rockwell Sabreliner 75A |
| Operator: | Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | AE-175 |
| C/n / msn: | 380-13 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | El Palomar Airport, BA (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| El Palomar Airport, BA (SADP), Argentina |
A Sabreliner 75A jet sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at El Palomar Airport, Argentina. The airplane carried the Argentine army chief, Lieutenant General Luis Pozzi who was returning after a visit to La Pampa.
The left hand main gear apparently collapsed on landing.
Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
