# NTSB CEN20WA011: Cessna 172, N7381G, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 19, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 19, 2019, 15:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: San Salvador, El Salvador
- Coordinates: 13.73295, -89.273017
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.7330&lon=-89.2730&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100474
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100474/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA011

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172K, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=2072430), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7381G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7381G-2019-12-10), registration cancelled 2019-12-10, S/N 17259081, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172 (K)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17259081
- Year built: 1970
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Groulx Robert Joseph
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Equipment: 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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