Bahía Blanca - Bahía Blanca

On April 20, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Bahía Blanca - Bahía Blanca experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Argentinian Navy - Armada Argentina, with the event recorded near Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Buenos Aires province.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a training flight on this Tracker delivered to the Armada Argentina in 1978. While flying in the vicinity of the Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, the crew encountered unknown technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing in an open field. While both pilots escaped with minor injuries, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 0701/2-AS-22, MSN 298, year of manufacture 1957.

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