# NTSB GAA21WA181: Cessna 150, Marcos Paz, Argentina, July 16, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 16, 2021, 20:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Marcos Paz, Argentina
- Coordinates: -34.739722, -58.902778
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.7397&lon=-58.9028&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA181

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-JFK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (H)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067345
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Wind: 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6.21 statute miles
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at: SAEZ, 19 nm away
- METAR: SAEZ 162000Z 03008KT CAVOK 15/07 Q1012 NOSIG

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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