LAPA Flight 3142
Wreckage of the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 August 1999 |
| Summary | Runway overrun due to incorrect flap configuration |
| Site |
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| Total fatalities | 65 |
| Total injuries | 34 |
| Aircraft | |
| LV-WRZ, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1998 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-204C |
| Operator | Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA) |
| IATA flight No. | MJ3142 |
| ICAO flight No. | LPA3142 |
| Call sign | LAPA 3142 |
| Registration | LV-WRZ |
| Flight origin | Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Destination | Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Occupants | 100 |
| Passengers | 95 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 63 |
| Injuries | 31 |
| Survivors | 37 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 2 |
| Ground injuries | 3 |
LAPA Flight 3142 was a scheduled Buenos Aires–Córdoba flight operated by the Argentine airline Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas. On 31 August 1999, the Boeing 737-204C operating the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The crash resulted in 65 fatalities – 63 occupants of the aircraft (3 crew members and 60 passengers) and 2 people on the ground – as well as injuries, some serious, to at least 34 people. As of 2025, it remains the second deadliest aviation accident to occur in Argentina, behind Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644, 38 years prior.