# NTSB ERA10WA430: Piper PA42, Mercedes, Argentina, June 13, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 13, 2010, 18:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Mercedes, Argentina
- Coordinates: -34.649444, -59.450553 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.6494&lon=-59.4506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA430
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76994/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76994
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA430

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 13, 2010, about 1840 coordinated universal time (1540 local time), a Piper PA-42-1000, Argentine registration LQ-BLU, was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway and impacted a perimeter fence during a takeoff attempt from Mercedes Airport (MRD), Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The flight was destined for La Plata Airport (SADL), Villa Elvira, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The two crew members and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the public use flight conducted under Argentine flight regulations. The investigation is under the direction of the Argentine Republic. For further information contact: FUERZA AÉREA ARGENTINA COMANDO DE REGIONES AEREAS Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviación Civil 1370 Belgrano Avenue 11th Floor Buenos Aires, República Argentina C1093AAO Fax number 54-11-4381-6333 jiaaci@speedy.com.ar This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information that was released by the Argentine Republic.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LQ-BLU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42 (1000)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 42-552703
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nacion
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MRD, Buenos Aires
- Destination: Villa Elvira
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MRD, Mercedes

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none
- Co-pilot; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 10, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76994. 24 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 24 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40338888&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

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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