ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74903
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 November 2002 |
| Time: | 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R |
| Owner/operator: | Roberto Pina |
| Registration: | LV-JSR |
| MSN: | 39-57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Isla Martín García, Buenos Aires -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Fernando Airport, San Fernando, Buenos Aires (SADF) |
| Isla Martín García, Buenos Aires (SAAK) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Hit trees after (double?) engine failure on approach due to fuel starvation. According to a rough translation into English of a contemporary newspaper report:
"An airplane crashed
A couple died last night when the plane crashed while trying to land on the runway located on Martin Garcia Island, Argentine Air Force sources said. The accident occurred at about 20 o'clock, when for reasons that were attempted to establish last night, the Piper PA-39 aircraft, LV-JSR registered by Roberto Pina, 60, fell to the ground.
Commodore Jorge Reta, a spokesman for the Air Force, said that the couple had left the airport of San Fernando, in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, bound for Martín García. According to what was transcended, Pina and her companion died instantly when the plane crashed at the head of Martin Garcia's runway.
Reta indicated that the weather conditions at the time of the accident were good And that the expertise of the Accident Investigation Board of the force will determine the causes of the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
3. http://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/pdf/Bol33.pdf
2. https://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363632.pdf
3. https://www.infobae.com/2002/11/07/30506-cayo-una-avioneta/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2013 11:18 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2016 18:21 | Gusty | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2017 23:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2017 00:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2017 00:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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