- Date
- November 22, 2012, 17:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- El Viento, Colombia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- HK588Piper PA-25-260
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85745
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Factual narrative
On November 22, 2012, at 1705 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-25-260, Colombian registration HK588,operated by Fuminorte Ltda. Fumigaciones Aereas Norte, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during an agriculture spraying operation near Vereda El Viento, Cumaribo, Vichada, Colombia. The local flight originated in Pista El Encanto. The pilot was fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Colombia. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident Investigation Group Colombia-Civil Aviation Authority Bogata, Colombia Telephone: (57) 1 296 2013 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK588
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5456
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Fuminorte Ltda Fumigaciones Aereas Norte
- Registered owner
- Fuminorte Ltda Fumigaciones Aereas Norte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- S7GS · Pista El Encant
- Destination
- El Viento
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 61 KB in all.