# NTSB CEN18WA153: Cessna 172, Corozalito, Nandayure, Costa Rica, April 28, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2018, 18:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Corozalito, Nandayure, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 9.862222, -85.363609
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.8622&lon=-85.3636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: 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): 97143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97143/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA153

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (S)
- Category: Airplane
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Aerobell Flight School
- Registered owner: Libra Ventures Inc.
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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