ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265080
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 2021 |
| Time: | c. 19:00 |
| Type: |  Piper (Chincul) PA-A-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub Villa Mercedes |
| Registration: | LV-OMS |
| MSN: | 38-80A0184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aeroclub Villa Mercedes Airfield, Villa Mercedes, San Luis -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aeroclub Villa Mercedes Airfield |
| Aeroclub Villa Mercedes Airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | JST |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk flipped over when landing at Aeroclub Villa Mercedes Airfield, Villa Mercedes, San Luis, and sustained substantial damage.
Both occupants, trainer and trainee, suffered only minor injuries.
After 25 minutes of flight, in visual flight conditions, the aircraft made a touch-and-go. At the time of rotation, the pilot heard a strange noise and for safety reasons continued with the takeoff, beginning to smell hydraulic fluid, he decided to return to land. During the landing run, upon contacting the nose wheel on the runway, the aircraft lost directional control, a runway excursion occurred and the aircraft overturned.
Conclusions regarding factors related to the accident.
- The investigation did not find evidence that would allow to reliably establish the safety deficiencies that were directly involved in this event.
- It was not possible to determine what caused the noise in the cockpit perceived by the pilot at the moment of takeoff.
- The cause of the loss of directional control on the ground during the final landing could not be established.
- The runway margin was soft as a result of runway plowing. This was an intervening factor in the rotation of the aircraft on its longitudinal axis, leaving it in an inverted position.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/nota/2021-7-4-20-40-0-una-avioneta-se-despisto-en-el-predio-del-aeroclub-de-villa-mercedes
https://cuyonoticias.com/contenido/2346/volco-un-pequeno-avion-en-villa-mercedes
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0JUvF8I-Ams/V6YeLFyH2tI/AAAAAAAAUo0/SohZrsBtuDI8N31b1Req9NH0mFc5dXufgCLcB/s1600/DSCN0616.JPG (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2021 04:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Jul-2021 06:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2021 11:24 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Oct-2022 06:33 | harro | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
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