# NTSB CEN17WA222: Piper PA38, Ingenio La Cabana, El Salvador, December 11, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 11, 2016
- Place: Ingenio La Cabana, El Salvador
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95348/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA222

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 11, 2016, a Piper PA-38, YS-332-PE, crashed near Ingenio La Cabana, El Salvador, a 0715 local time and was destroyed. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of El Salvador. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the El Salvador government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Autoridad de Aviación Civil, AAC Km 9 1/2 Boulevard del Ejercito Nacional Aeropuerto Ilopango San Salvador, El Salvador (503)2565-4400 oir@aac.gob.sv

## Aircraft

- Registration: YS-332-PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown

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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