# NTSB GAA23WA019: Cessna 150, Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 23, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 23, 2022, 14:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Coordinates: -34.636111, -59.458889
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.6361&lon=-59.4589&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 106219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA019

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-IUG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (L)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: SATM, Mercedes
- Airport: SADM, Moron Airport
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Day

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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