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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 185 · Rafaela, Argentina · October 9, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Foreign
Date
October 9, 2025, 21:10 local (21:10 UTC)
Place
Rafaela, Argentina · On airport
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
LV-ASLCessna 185
Defining event
Taxi-to runway: Landing gear collapse
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Case key
202188

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
LV-ASL
Reported as
Cessna 185 (E)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Destination
Esperanza, OF