ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145736
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| Date: | Saturday 19 May 2012 |
| Time: | 18:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182C Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | LV-GTF |
| MSN: | 52804 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from Verónica-Punta Indio (SAAI), BA -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pipinas |
| Verónica-Punta Indio Airport (SAAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, a Cessna 182C Skylane, LV-GTF, crashed from a height of 500 meters during a missed approach at Veronica Airfield, Veronica, Buenos Aires, killing the pilot, race car driver Mauro Fabián Pichini (32).
Cause
In a general aviation flight, during the landing phase, impact against the ground with subsequent fire, due to the combination of the following factors:
- Unsafe macro operational context, degraded by visibility conditions, night time and runway without lighting system.
- The experience and training of the pilot was not adequate for the type of flight he performed, not being qualified to operate in instrumental meteorological conditions (IMC), nor night flight.
- Inadequate flight planning, not considering the night time of arrival and marginal weather conditions for visual flight.
- Likely self-imposed operational pressure due to family commitment to and the macro-operational context in which the last flight phase
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lanueva.com/elpais/nota/77c46ca1d9/1/122008.html]
http://www.diariojornada.com.ar/43497/Deportes/Fallecio_Mauro_Pichini
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120530X31241&key=1
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/8812.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2012 08:13 | harro | Added |
| 22-May-2012 07:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2012 08:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2012 17:36 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2020 06:37 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 18-Jul-2020 06:38 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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