# NTSB CEN17RA337: Cessna U206, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 5, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 5, 2017, 12:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 9.955555, -84.123336
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.9556&lon=-84.1233&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95945
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17RA337
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95945/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17RA337

## Preliminary report

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: TI-AGM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 (F)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602734
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Airbell Air Charter
- Departed: MRPV, San Jose
- Destination: MRLB, Liberia

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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