LAPA Flight 3142

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LAPA Flight 3142

LV-WRZ, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, seen in May 1999, three months prior to the crash.
Accident
Date	31 August 1999
Summary	Runway overrun due to incorrect flap configuration
Site	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 34°34′1″S 58°24′7″W / 34.56694°S 58.40194°W / -34.56694; -58.40194
Total fatalities	65
Total injuries	34
Aircraft
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.^[1] On 31 August 1999 a Boeing 737^[1] crashed while attempting to take off from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport. The crash resulted in 65 fatalities — 63 occupants of the aircraft and 2 on the ground — as well as injuries, some serious, to at least a further 34 people.^[2] It remains, as of 2022, the second deadliest aviation incident to occur in Argentina, behind Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 38 years prior.^[3]