Mar del Plata – Buenos Aires

On June 11, 1934 at 11:00 AM, Mar del Plata – Buenos Aires experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Panagra - Pan American-Grace Airways, with the event recorded near Mar Chiquita Buenos Aires province.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after takeoff from Mar del Plata Airport, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor due to heavy rain falls. The airplane name 'San Pedro' entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the lagoon of Mar Chiquita, some 30 km north of Mar del Plata Airport. Four passengers were injured while six other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC8417, MSN 5-AT-055, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -37.2752°, -57.7641°.