# NTSB ERA12WA091: Piper PA23, Quibdo, Colombia, November 23, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 23, 2011, 17:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place: Quibdo, Colombia
- Coordinates: 5.69, -76.64167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.6900&lon=-76.6417&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82430/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82430
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA091

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 23, 2011, about 1717 UTC, a Piper PA-23-250, Colombian registration HK1263, operated by Aerolineas Alas de Colombia LTDA, experienced collapse of the left main landing gear during the landing roll at the El Carano Airport (SKUI), Quibdo, Colombia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the foreign air taxi flight from E. Olaya Herrera Airport (SKMD), Medellin, Colombia. The airplane sustained minor damage and there were no injuries to the certificated commercial pilot, co-pilot, and 3 passengers. The flight originated about 1710 UTC from SKMD. According to personnel from the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority, after touchdown during the landing roll on runway 31, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid to a stop coming to rest upright. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Any further information can be obtained from: Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado Bogota, Colombia Telephone: 571.425.1000 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK1263 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23 (250)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-3061
- Airframe hours: 119
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aerolineas Alas de Colombia LTDA.
- Registered owner: Aerolineas Alas de Colombia LTDA.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, October 12, 2011, 49 hours before
- Departed: SKMD, Medellin
- Destination: SKUI, Quibdo
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SKUI, El Carano Airport, runway 31, 4,265 × 98 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; seat: left
- Co-pilot; injuries: none; commercial; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: SKUI

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 19, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82430. 117 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 117 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40360943&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-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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