- Date
- March 17, 2012, 21:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Barrancabermeja, Colombia
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HK1441GCessna 182
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 83180
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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 March 17, 2012, about 2145 universal coordinated time (1645 local time), a Cessna 182M, Colombian registration HK1441G, was substantially damaged when it impacted transmission lines, then terrain, about 3 nautical miles south of Aeropuerto Yariguies (SKEJ), Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia. The Colombian certificated private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight, which originated at SKEJ, 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 which was released by the government of Colombia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK1441G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (M)
- Serial number
- 182-59984
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Henry Cote Rojas
- Registered owner
- Henry Cote Rojas
- Departed
- Barrancabermeja
- Destination
- Barrancabermeja
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 51 KB in all.