Date: | August 31, 1999 |
Location: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Aircraft: | Boeing B-737-204C |
Reg: | LV-WRZ |
Airline: | LAPA |
Flight No: | 3142 |
Fatalities: | 103 : 64 +10 |
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 had the wrong flap selection for takeoff. |