- Date
- July 10, 2012, 12:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Alberto, Colombia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- HK2210Piper PA36
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84359
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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 July 10, 2012, about 1230 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-36-375, Colombian registration HK2210, operated by Aeropenort LTDA. Agropecuaria del Norte, was substantially damaged when it collided with trees, during an aerial application flight near San Alberto, Colombia. The Colombian certificated pilot was fatally injured. The local flight originated from Pista Las Cruces Airport, San Alberto, Colombia, at an unknown 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 Colombia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK2210
- Reported as
- Piper PA36 (375)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7802061
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aeropenort LTDA Agropecuaria del Norte
- Registered owner
- Aeropenort LTDA Agropecuaria del Norte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- San Alberto
- Destination
- San Alberto
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 20, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11 KB in all.