- Date
- April 28, 2018, 18:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corozalito, Nandayure, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- TI-BILCessna 172
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97143
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 2018, about 1800 UTC, a Cessna 172S airplane, TI-BIL, impacted terrain during an instructional flight near Corozalito, Nandayure. Both crewmembers on board were fatally injured.This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Costa Rican government. Any further information may be obtained from: Costa Rican Unit of Investigation of Accidents and Incidents Telephone: (506) 8705-6962 Facsimile: (506)-2290-06-64 Email: rbriceno@dgac.go.cr Web: www.dgac.go.cr This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Costa Rican Unit of Investigation of Accidents and Incidents.
Aircraft
- Registration
- TI-BIL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Aerobell Flight School
- Registered owner
- Libra Ventures Inc.
- Flight plan
- VFR
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)