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| Date: | Tuesday 20 December 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ted Smith Aerostar 601 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | LV-WES |
| MSN: | 61-0480-127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | About 6 km from Las Varillas, 170 km east of Córdoba -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | SAAR |
| SACO | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of a Ted Smith Aerostar 600 declared an emergency call around 23:00 LT and reported that there were serious problems in bad weather with thunderstorms around 23:00 LT.
Then the ATC contact was lost and the aircraft crashed about 6 km from Las Varillas, about 170 km east of Córdoba.
The wreckage was found in the morning, 21st of December, around 09:30 LT with both the pilot and his son deceased.
note:
The aircraft is a Ted Smith Aerostar 601. It was manufactured before the company was taken over by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
Cause
In a general aviation flight, during the cruise phase, there was a loss of control of the aircraft and subsequent impact against the ground, due to flying in the vicinity of a multicell with convective activity, due to a combination of the following factors:
- Incorrect appreciation of the evolution of the weather conditions en route
- Inadequate flight planning
- Self-induced complacency
- Inadequate risk assessment in the face of weather hazards
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.lavoz.com.ar/noticias/sucesos/cayo-avioneta-campo-varillas-hay-dos-muertos
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1434419-desaparece-una-avioneta
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6700763&nseq=2 (photo)
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/25011.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 2001 | LV-WES | 0 | Chacabuco, BA | |
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| 6 June 2008 | LV-WES | 0 | Ingeniero Taravella - Córdoba (SACO), CD | |
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Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2011 07:20 | guingo2a | Added |
| 21-Dec-2011 08:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2011 08:21 | guingo2a | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, ] |
| 21-Dec-2011 09:23 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 21-Dec-2011 09:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Dec-2013 07:25 | eduardo baratti | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 26-Jul-2020 08:50 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2020 08:52 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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