Buenos Aires – Bahía Blanca

On November 27, 2001 at 05:38 AM, Buenos Aires – Bahía Blanca experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Aerocassa, with the event recorded near Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires province.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful flight from Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, the crew started a night approach to Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport. The approach and landing on runway 34R were considered as normal. After touchdown, the crew started the braking procedure and the aircraft rolled for a distance of 1,200 metres when it started to deviate to the right. It veered off runway, rolled for 150 metres then lost its nose gear and came to a halt. All three occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-WSD, MSN TC-237E, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.7350°, -62.1641°.