# NTSB ERA12WA104: Piper PA28, Bogota, Colombia, December 6, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 6, 2011, 18:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Bogota, Colombia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82478
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82478/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82478
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA104

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 6, 2011, about 1815 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-28-236, Columbian registration HK2308, operated by Aeroclub de Colombia, incurred substantial damage to the left wing and separated the left main gear when it collided with a tree during an instructional flight. The airplane landed in Aerodromo Guaymaral (SKGY) Bogotá, Colombia. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Palonegro International Airport (SKBG), Lebrija, Columbia, earlier that day, at an unspecified time. 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: HK2308 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (236)
- Serial number: 28-7911219
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aeroclub de Colombia
- Registered owner: Aeroclub de Colombia
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SKBG, Lebrija
- Destination: SKBG, Lebrija
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 8, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82478. 9 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement. (item 1, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40359508&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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