# NTSB MIA05WA056: Cessna 340, N5790M, Mendoza, Argentina, February 7, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 7, 2005, 06:34 local (10:34 UTC)
- Place: Mendoza, Argentina
- Coordinates: -34.266666, -68.966667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.2667&lon=-68.9667&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60981
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05WA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60981/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05WA056

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5790M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5790M-2015-05-20), registration cancelled 2015-05-20, S/N 340-0044, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Ward County Irrigation District No.1
- Departed: SAMR, Mendoza
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: SAME

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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