- Date
- March 19, 2015
- Place
- Punta del Este, Uruguay
- Injuries
- 10 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- LV-CEOBeech B90
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90896
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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 19, 2015, about 20:38 Local Time, a Beech Model B90 King Air, Argentine Registration LV-CEO, operated by Drogueria Meta, S.A., impacted water in Laguna del Sauce, Punta del Este, Uruguay. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and flight plan information was unknown for the charter flight which departed from Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (SULS) immediately prior to the accident and was destined for San Fernando Airport (SADF), Republic of Argentina. The two pilots and 8 passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed due to impact forces and post-crash fire. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Comision Investigadora De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviacion of Uruguay. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comision Investigadora De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviacion Av. Wilson Ferreira Aldunate (ex Cno. Carrasco) 5519 Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco Caneiones, Uruguay Telephone: 00598 26014851 Fax: 00598 26014851 E-mail: ciaia@mdn.gub.uy This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained from the Government of Uruguay.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LV-CEO
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-454
- Airframe hours
- 103,197
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney PT6A-20, turbo propPratt and Whitney PT6A-20, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SULS · Punta del Este
- Destination
- SAFD · Buenos Aires
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SULS · Cpt Corbeta CA Curbelo Intl, runway 01, 5,249 × 125 ft
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 1
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Medical
- Class 1
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Observed at
- SULS, 1 nm away