ERA11WA041

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA38 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · October 3, 2010

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
October 3, 2010, 19:20 local (19:20 UTC)
Place
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
LV-MNOPiper PA38
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA/IFO
Case key
77688

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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 October 3, 2010, about 1920 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-A-38-112, Argentinean registration LV-MNO, crashed into terrain during an instructional flight near Marcos Paz, Argentina. The local training flight originated from San Fernando Airport(SADF), San Fernando, Argentina, at an undetermined time. The pilot and passenger were killed. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Argentina. This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviacion Civil. Further information may be obtained from: Junta de Investigaciones de Accidentes de Aviacion Civil (JIAAC) Republica Argentina Fax: 54-11-4381-6333 jiaaci@speedy.com.ar

Aircraft

Registration
LV-MNO
Reported as
Piper PA38 (112)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
38-78A0844
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Roberto Reynal
Registered owner
Roberto Reynal
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Departed
SADF · San Fernando
Destination
SADF · San Fernando
Flight plan
Unknown

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 5, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 21 KB in all.