Overview
- The unusual incident occurred during a routine training sortie and resulted in the death of a 42-year-old instructor whose body was found in a rural field near Toledo.
- A 22-year-old student aboard the Cessna C-150 took control, performed an emergency landing and alerted authorities, making her testimony central to reconstructing the sequence of events.
- Local and national outlets identified the instructor as Leandro Andrés Bertazzo and published a school director’s account that he removed his belt, opened the door and fell, but investigators treat that claim as unverified.
- Judicial authorities have taken the case, ordered technical pericias of the aircraft and will review flight documentation and communications to test competing hypotheses about door or locking failure, a maneuver, or other causes.
- The event has shocked Córdoba’s flight-training community and will prompt scrutiny of safety checks for small aircraft training flights as investigators complete forensic and testimonial work.