Estancia Las Cruces - San Fernando

On April 1, 2000 at 08:00 AM, Estancia Las Cruces - San Fernando experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by Taxval, with the event recorded near Estancia Las Cruces Buenos Aires province.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Estancia Las Cruces Airport, while climbing in foggy conditions, the aircraft lost height and impacted ground in a wooded area located about 3 km from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-ZSR, MSN 208-0311, year of manufacture 1999.