ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74932
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 2003 |
| Time: | 16:14 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | LV-LXS |
| MSN: | AR34-7670072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Don Torcuato Airport, BA -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Don Torcuato Airport, BA |
| Don Torcuato Airport, BA | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot, took off from Don Torcuato Airport, Province of Buenos Aires accompanied by a mechanic who had intervened in the repair of the nose wheel assembly, which had suffered damage in a previous landing, when after touchdown the wheel retracted.
After flying for about an hour, he returned to the airport entering the circuit for runway 34, made a long initial transit and then entered the final for landing.
Approximately 300 meters from the threshold of runway 34, and having crossed a bridge that is in the south projection of the mentioned runway, he reduced engines and in the final glide he waited for the touchdown over the numbers and with a nose up attitude, according to the pilot.
The nose gear retracted after touchdown, the plane continued its course exactly by the center of the runway, until it stopped four hundred meters later. The occupants were unharmed.
The accident occurred during the day and with good visibility.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/pdf/Bol34.pdf
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363701.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 October 2002 | LV-LXS | 0 | Mar del Plata Airport, BA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2010 11:55 | harro | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Damage] |
| 29-Aug-2020 17:12 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 29-Aug-2020 17:19 | harro | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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