| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 31, 1999 |
| Time: | 2055 |
| Location: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Operator: | LAPA, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas |
| Flight #: | 3142 |
| Route: | Buenos Aires - Cordoba |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-737-204C |
| Registration: | LV-WRZ |
| cn / ln: | 20389/251 |
| Aboard: | 103 (passengers:98 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 63 (passengers:60 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 2 |
| Summary: | While attempting to take off from Jorge Newberry airport, the crew aborted takeoff, overran the runway, skidded across a service road and crashed into several cars and into a golf course, bursting into flames. The crew forgot to extend the wing flaps to initiate take-off, and ignored the alarm that advised them of the error in configuration for take-off. The pilots did not maintain a sterile cockpit, sharing a cigarette and socializing with a flight attendant. |
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