Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires

On January 24, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires experienced a crash involving Sikorsky S-38, operated by Sociedad Argentina de Navegacion Aérea, with the event recorded near Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a test flight from the Quilmes seaplane base when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Rio de la Plata, off Berazategui, in the southeast suburb of Buenos Aires. Four crew members were killed while two others were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-PAB, MSN 414-02, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.6048°, -58.3727°.