# NTSB ERA12WA240: Cessna 182, Barrancabermeja, Colombia, March 17, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 17, 2012, 21:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Barrancabermeja, Colombia
- Coordinates: 7.053055, -73.848609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=7.0531&lon=-73.8486&mi=10
- 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: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83180
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83180/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83180
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA240

## 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)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83180. 51 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40364954&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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