# NTSB ERA10WA106: Hughes 369, Pitalito, Colombia, December 29, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 29, 2009, 16:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Pitalito, Colombia
- Coordinates: 1.851666, -76.051666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=1.8517&lon=-76.0517&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75221/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75221
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA106

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 29, 2009, about 1655 universal coordinated time (1155 local time), a Hughes 369D, Colombian registration HK4177, operated by Sociedad Aerea de Ibague, was substantially damaged during a forced landing in Pitalito, Huila, Colombia. The Colombian pilot was fatally injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The flight, which originated at Ibague Airport (SKIB), Ibague, Colombia, was operating under Colombian flight regulations. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo de Investigacion de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil Avenida Eldorado # 103-23 Bogota, Colombia Telephone: 57-1-2662210 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK4177 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369 (D)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 470124D
- Engines: Allison 250-C20 420 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Sociedad Aerea de Ibague
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SKIB, Ibague
- Destination: NONE, Pitalito
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 7, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75221. 34 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 34 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40323650&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

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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