Mcdonnell Douglas DC10-30 accident near Buenos Aires, Ar, November 26, 1993
On November 26, 1993 at about 10:22 am local time, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC10-30, registered YV135, was substantially damaged in an accident near Buenos Aires. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 26, 1993 · about 10:22 am local time
- Place
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC10-30 · all DC10-30s on the register
- Registration
- YV135 · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Seats: 0
- Landing gear: fixed
- Not recorded
The flight
- Departed from: SUFM Caracas OF
- Destination: SAEZ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Wind: from 140° at 22 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 1,180 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 57°F (14°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 6:30 am from SAE
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under YV135 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.