# NTSB DCA10RA085: Boeing 737, San Andres Island, Colombia, August 16, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 16, 2010, 01:50 local (06:50 UTC)
- Place: San Andres Island, Colombia
- Location: 12.5836° N, 81.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=12.5836&lon=-81.7112&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 17 serious, 67 minor, 42 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Colombian CAA, Boeing, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76970
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10RA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76970/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA085

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 16, 2010, at 0150 UTC, an Aires B737-700, registration HK4682, crashed on approach to the San Andres Island Airport in San Andres Island, Colombia. Of the 121 passengers and 6 crew on board, preliminary reports indicate that there was one fatality and multiple injuries. The investigation is being conducted by the Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (Colombia Civil Aviation). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of design and manufacture of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Avenida El Dorado #103 -23 Oficina 204 Bogotá, D.C. Colombia E-mail: investigación.accide@aerocivil.gov.co

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-4682 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (7V3)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CFM CFM56 7B turbo fan; CFM CFM56 7B turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aires
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Bogota
- Destination: San Andreas
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SKSP, San Andreas Island, runway 06

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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