# NTSB DFW06WA049: de Havilland DHC-6-300, Tamarindo, Costa Rica, December 16, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 16, 2005, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Tamarindo, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 10.3166666666667, -85.8166666666667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.3167&lon=-85.8167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 5 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW06WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06WA049

## Aircraft

- Registration: TI-AZQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: de Havilland DHC-6-300
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Travelair S.A., doing business as Nature Air
- Departed: MRPV, Pavas
- Destination: MRTM, Tamarindo
- Flight plan: VFR

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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