# NTSB DCA02WA018: ATR 42-500, Caratagena, Colombia, January 12, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 12, 2002, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Caratagena, Colombia
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 41 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 54063
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA02WA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54063/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02WA018

## Aircraft

- Registration: VP-BVE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR 42-500
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aces, doing business as ACES Columbia
- Departed: Cartagena
- Destination: Bucaramanga

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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