# NTSB ERA11WA041: Piper PA38, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 3, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2010, 19:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77688
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77688/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77688
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 5, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77688. 21 KB in all.

- Correspondence-Memorandum of Record Argentina (item 1, .PDF, 21 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40338927&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence-Memorandum%20of%20Record%20Argentina-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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