Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9

1977 aviation accident

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9
Accident
An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC One-Eleven similar to the one involved
Date	November 21, 1977 (1977-11-21)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site	Cerro Pichileufú, Argentina
Aircraft
Aircraft type	BAC One-Eleven 420EL
Operator	Austral Líneas Aéreas
Registration	LV-JGY
Flight origin	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires
Destination	San Carlos de Bariloche Airport, Bariloche, Río Negro Province
Occupants	79
Passengers	74
Crew	5
Fatalities	46
Injuries	33
Survivors	33

On November 21, 1977, Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9 crashed near Bariloche, Argentina, killing 46 of the 79 people on board.

Accident

Three aircraft had been chartered to carry 31 newlyweds to Bariloche for their honeymoon, with the accident aircraft being the second to depart. While climbing to 35,000 feet (11,000 m), the aircraft experienced pressurization problems and had to descend to 29,000 feet (8,800 m). At 00:40, the flight was cleared for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach to runway 28, but abandoned the approach due to a VOR receiver problem. the pilot then requested a visual approach to runway 10, but then decided to do another approach to runway 28 using another ILS procedure. The pilot then reported that the aircraft was near the VOR beacon. This was the last transmission from Flight 9. The aircraft then crashed into a mountain killing all five crew members and 41 passengers.

Investigation

Investigators determined that the flight crew descended prematurely and did not follow allowed the ILS procedure, possible due to the VOR signal malfunctions, and the captain's mental state.

References

^ "JIAAC final report" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-20.
Clarín, Redacción (1997-10-23). "La óptica de los sobrevivientes" [The survivors' perspective]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-20.
"Recordaron la tragedia de Austral, a 30 años" [They remembered the Austral tragedy, 30 years later]. ANBariloche (in Spanish). 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven LV-JGY". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

External links

JIAAC final report (in Spanish)

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1976 ◄ ► 1978

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1977 (1977)

Jan 5 Connellan air disasterJan 13 Aeroflot Flight 3843Jan 13 Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045Jan 15 Linjeflyg Flight 618Feb 15 Aeroflot Flight 5003Mar 17 British Airtours Boeing 707 crashMar 27 Tenerife airport disasterApr 4 Southern Airways Flight 242Apr 12 Delta Air Lines Flight 1080May 7 Tavda mid-air collisionMay 10 Israeli CH-53 crashMay 14 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crashMay 27 Aeroflot Flight 331Jul 10 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijackingJul 20 Aeroflot Flight B-2Aug 1 Encino helicopter crashSep 21 Malév Flight 203Sep 27 Japan Air Lines Flight 715Sep 27 Yokohama F-4 crashSep 28 Japan Air Lines Flight 472Oct 13 Lufthansa Flight 181Oct 20 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crashNov 19 TAP Flight 425Nov 21 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9Dec 2 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crashDec 4 Malaysian Airline System Flight 653Dec 13 Air Indiana Flight 216Dec 17 United Airlines Flight 2860Dec 18 SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730Dec 19 Vieques Air Link crash

1976 ◄ ► 1978

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