LV-YAJ

On June 13, 1988 at 12:00 AM, LV-YAJ experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.104 Dove, operated by Néstor Benito Ibañez, with the event recorded near La Plata Buenos Aires province.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from La Plata Airport, the pilot informed ATC about the failure of the left engine and elected to return for an emergency landing. The runway lights were activated when the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located 4 km from runway 02 threshold. A passenger was seriously injured while eight other occupants were killed. Crew: Néstor Benito Ibañez, pilot. † Passengers: Nelly Chamaun, † Juan Simón, † Mr. Fondares, † Rolando Jesús Ruiz, † Milagros Ruiz, † Lourdes Ruiz, † Ignacio Ruiz, † Walter Córdoba.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-YAJ, MSN 04165, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.9239°, -57.9446°.