- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 14, 1976
Time: ?
Location: Neuquen, Argentina
Operator: Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748 2
Registration: LV-HHB
cn / ln: 1540
Aboard: 34   (passengers:31  crew:3)
Fatalities: 34   (passengers:31  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Structural failure and in-flight separation of the right wing. Fatigue cracks attributed to stress due to design. These cracks became critical sooner than anticipated. The cracks remained undetected and became critical because the manufacturer's inspection program for the area was insufficiently.
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