ERA11WA464

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 152 · Finca Arrayanes, Colombia · August 17, 2011

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
August 17, 2011, 19:30 local (19:30 UTC)
Place
Finca Arrayanes, Colombia
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
HK2597GCessna 152
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
81542

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Factual narrative

On August 17, 2011, about 1930 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Cessna 152, Columbian registration HK2597G, operated by Academia de Pilotos de Aviacion, was destroyed following a collision with terrain in Finca Arrayanes, Colombia. The flight instructor and student pilot received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Aeropuerto El Guaymaral (SKGY), Chia, Columbia, about 20 minutes prior ti the accident. 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 contains only information released by the Government of Columbia.

Aircraft

Registration
HK2597G
Reported as
Cessna 152
Category
Airplane
Serial number
C15284485
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Academia de Pilotos de Aviacion
Registered owner
Adevia LTDA
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
SKGY · Chia
Destination
SKGY · Chia
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
SKGY · Aeropuerto El Guaymaral

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 23, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9 KB in all.