# NTSB CEN18WA353: Piper PA34, Loma Linda, Costa Rica, August 22, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 22, 2018, 15:04 local (15:04 UTC)
- Place: Loma Linda, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 10.398611, -84.64167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.3986&lon=-84.6417&mi=10
- 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: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA353

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: TI-BDH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (220T)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate: None

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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