Laguna del Sauce – San Fernando

On March 19, 2015 at 08:38 PM, Laguna del Sauce – San Fernando experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Droguería Meta, with the event recorded near Laguna del Sauce Maldonado.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine airplane departed Laguna del Sauce Airport on a charter flight to San Fernando Airport near Buenos Aires, carrying eight passengers and two pilots. Shortly after a night takeoff from Laguna del Sauce Airport runway 01, the aircraft entered a controlled descent and crashed in shallow water some 2 km northwest of the airport, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-CEO, MSN LJ-454, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.8070°, -55.0494°.