This Friday the 21st, the residents of Luján de Cuyo, at the intersection of Paso and Corredor del Oeste, Mendoza, experienced moments of tension after a test maneuver in the air ended almost in a tragedy. A small plane fell near the Palmares Valley private neighborhood and awakened the memory of others air accidents.
The occupants reportedly suffered minor injuries. The causes of the incident are being investigated, since a defect may have caused the collision. The Ministry of Security accident It occurred at 10:38 this day.
The aircraft is identified as LV-S025 and crashed in Luján de Cuyo after trying to return to the airfield. The two occupants were practitioners and are without risk. Firefighters from the Central Headquarters and volunteer firefighters from Luján are working at the site.
Air accidents in Mendoza: the background
Putting the magnifying glass on Mendoza, where the recent accident occurred that, fortunately, did not leave any dead, we remember when, in 2010, a plane accident claimed the lives of three crew members in Las Vegas, Potrerillos. The plane crashed into the mountainous area of said place and ended in tragedy.
Then, on March 1, 2011, a similar episode occurred. A Health and Agricultural Quality aircraft from the Province of Mendoza crashed in Luján de Cuyo. Two occupants were rescued injured and taken to Lagomaggiore Hospital with burns and breaks. The same thing happened on Viamonte Street, near Medrano. The pilot died a few hours later in the hospital and his companion survived.
Another episode occurred on March 4, 2017 in the afternoon, when the aerial vehicle crashed on an internal street in a private neighborhood of Chacras de Coria in the Los Caracoles area, also precisely in Luján de Cuyo. A flight instructor, his student and two other occupants were injured.
However, if you go back to 2019, you can also remember when, on November 17 before noon, a 72-year-old instructor and a 45-year-old woman had an accident while taking a course. It happened in the Aeroclub Mendozalocated in the town of La Puntilla towards the Mendoza River, under training tasks for pilots.
In 2020, a small plane crashed in Palmares. The aircraft had super fuel, which is prohibited in light aircraft of that style. The aspiring pilot ended up with injuries and multiple traumas at 22 years of age.
Other small plane accidents
This accident It awakened the memory of other similar cases, which ended in tragedies. Such was the case of a pilot and his co-pilot during an agricultural fair in Chaco. His plane crashed during an exhibition flight at the opening of the event just a year ago, in June 2023.
It happened in the town of Charata. The incident occurred after 11:45 when the vehicle, which was performing pirouettes in the air inside the property, began to descend and hit the ground, causing the death of both crew members, who had many years of experience.
The fateful moment was filmed by those present. As a result of the crash, the pilot Leandro Ferraris Montenegro, a young man who was described as “an excellent pilot”, and his co-pilot Guillermo Horacio Tuymans, who had flown countless times, died.
Something similar happened in Entre Ríos, when a renowned acrobat pilot lost his life. He plane crash shook the province after his maneuvers in the Paraná Aeroclub area went further, causing the plane to crash into the ground.
The fatal victim was identified as Cristian Grecca, 54 years old. The tragedy occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, when the subject was flying over the place. The aircraft plummeted and, as a result of the impact, completely caught fire.
