# NTSB DCA21WA019: Fairchild 227, Mendoza, Argentina, November 5, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 5, 2020, 12:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place: Mendoza, Argentina
- Coordinates: -32.8277, -68.7986 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.8277&lon=-68.7986&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 13 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102273/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA019

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-VDJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 227
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Registered owner: Private
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SANU, San Juan
- Destination: MDZ, Mendoza
- Airport: MDZ, Aeropuerto de Mendoza

## Weather

- Wind: 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 6.21 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at: SAME
- METAR: SAME 051600Z 16012KT CAVOK 23/M06 Q1019

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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