San Fernando - Carmelo

On May 27, 2014 at 12:40 PM, San Fernando - Carmelo experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, operated by Kowzef S.A., with the event recorded near Carmelo Colonia.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 55.6%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Owned by Grupo Kowzef (Federico Alejandro Bonomi), the twin engine aircraft departed San Fernando (Buenos Aires) at 1222LT on an executive flight to Carmelo, Uruguay. On approach to Carmelo-Zagarzazú Airport runway 35, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions and initiated a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, he attempted a second approach under VFR mode. While completing a slight turn to the left in descent, the aircraft impacted the surface of the Río de la Plata and came to rest in shallow water some 10 km southwest of Carmelo Airport. The pilot and four passengers were killed and four other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-CNT, MSN BB-1367, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -33.9968°, -58.2846°.