- Date
- March 5, 2008, 11:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- LV-MPTMooney M20J
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 77553
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On March 5, 2008, about 1130 universal coordinated time, a Mooney M20J, LV-MPT, experienced a total loss of engine power during cruise flight and performed a forced landing to a field near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The foreign certificated private pilot and a passenger were not injured, and the airplane sustained minor damage. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed a fractured crankshaft.
This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Argentina. This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by the Government of Argentina. For further information contact:
Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviacion Civil
(JIAAC) Republica Argentina
Fax: 54-11-4381-6333
jiaaci@speedy.com.ar
Aircraft
- Registration
- LV-MPT
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7 KB in all.