What happened
On August 25, 2025, a private Tecnam P2008 with registration LV-S070 was conducting a general aviation flight from Olavarría to Aeródromo Berazategui in Argentina. During the landing phase, the aircraft experienced a collapse of the nose landing gear. The plane came to a stop on the runway surface. The incident resulted in substantial damage to the airframe, but there were no injuries to the pilot or any other persons.
The investigation
The Argentine Transportation Safety Board (JST) initiated a preliminary inquiry into the event, classified as an accident involving a non-powerplant system failure. Investigators examined the operational context, noting that the flight was conducted under visual meteorological conditions with calm winds and full daylight visibility. The aircraft, a 2017 model with serial number 135, had accumulated approximately 200 hours of total time. The pilot, a commercial license holder, reported no prior issues with the system before the incident. The investigation focused on the mechanical integrity of the landing gear assembly and the conditions leading to its failure during touchdown.
Findings
The primary causal factor was identified as a system/component failure or malfunction of the nose landing gear. This non-powerplant failure caused the structural collapse upon impact with the runway, leading to the substantial damage observed on the aircraft. No other contributing factors, such as pilot error or adverse weather, were cited in the preliminary findings.