ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186919
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 March 1981 |
| Time: | 07:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Líneas Aéreas Riojanas |
| Registration: | LV-MEV |
| MSN: | 31-7852014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Mogotes Colorados, near Patquía, Provincia de La Rioja -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | SANL |
| SANO | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed by fire after crash against a mountain at Los Mogotes Colorados, near Patquía, Provincia de La Rioja; all six persons on board (crew of two plus four passengers) were killed.
NAMES OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS
Pilot: Daniel del Punta. 22 years, Córdoba, Argentina
Co-pilot: Santiago O'Brien. 23 years old, Blue, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Federico Coria Peñaloza, Chilecito, La Rioja
Jacinto Robles, Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires
Raúl Haise, 33 years old, Tucumán
Augusto Cesar Gordillo, 39 years old. La Rioja
PROBABLE CAUSE
Not having the official information we estimate that the causes were due mainly to the high cloudiness, and luck factor. We estimate that when entering that ravine as they were ascending the cloudiness was getting closer, to such point that they began to fly between the same ones, with low visibility. It is probably the first time that these pilots have flown in these conditions in an area unknown to them, when taking off first and not having visual support made the wrong turning point to the north.
Sources:
1. El Independiente (05/06.03.1981)
2. Gabriel Pavlovcic (2012) Registro Completo de Aeronaves de Argentina - Ediciones Argentinidad
3. http://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2012/09/lv-mev-piper-pa-31-350-navajo-cn-31.html
4. https://www.lariojaantigua.com.ar/2016/05/accidente-del-lv-mev-en-el-velasco.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2016 13:19 | gwydd | Added |
| 26-Sep-2017 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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