Campo de Mayo - General Villegas

On October 6, 1995 at 04:00 PM, Campo de Mayo - General Villegas experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, operated by National Argentinian Police, with the event recorded near General Villegas Buenos Aires province.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The twin engine aircraft was completing a liaison flight from Campo de Mayo AFB in Buenos Aires and General Villegas. On approach to General Villegas Airport, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, heavy rain falls and turbulences. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed few km from the airfield, killing all four occupants. The aircraft had the dual registration GN-705 and LV-OIF (civil).

Aircraft reference details include registration GN-705, MSN 31-8020092, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -35.0318°, -63.0158°.