# NTSB ERA13WA080: Piper PA-25-260, El Viento, Colombia, November 22, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 22, 2012, 17:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: El Viento, Colombia
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85745/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85745
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA080

## 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 best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK588 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85745. 61 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 61 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40383804&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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