Overview
- The instructor, Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, exited a two-seat Cessna 150 during a training flight and was found dead on Saturday while his 22-year-old student, identified as Rosario, radioed for help and successfully landed the undamaged aircraft.
- Federal prosecutors in Córdoba opened a formal investigation and seized the aircraft to examine maintenance logs, cockpit communications and the plane’s safety systems for signs of mechanical or structural failure that might have allowed the door to open in flight.
- Reports say Bertazzo removed his headset and seatbelt, set aside his phone and opened the door before exiting, a sequence that investigators are comparing with the technical difficulty of opening a Cessna 150 door in flight.
- Flight-school officials say Bertazzo’s routine medical checks were up to date and described him as experienced and cheerful, while some family-linked reports say he had recently received psychiatric treatment, a fact investigators are weighing alongside operational evidence.
- Depending on the probe’s findings, authorities say the case could prompt changes in medical screening, pilot fitness disclosures and flight‑school procedures to reduce the risk of a single person being left alone in the cockpit.