# NTSB ERA15WA235: Cessna A188, Puerto Gaitan, Colombia, June 4, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 4, 2015, 17:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Gaitan, Colombia
- Coordinates: 4.21, -70.810554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=4.2100&lon=-70.8106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- 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): 91334
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91334/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA235

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 4, 2015, about 1715 coordinated universal time, a Cessna A188, Colombian registration HK-1364, was substantially damaged when it impacted power lines and then terrain during an aerial application flight near Puerto Gaitan, Colombia. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A witnesss reported that the airplane was conducting spraying operations when it impacted power lines, impacted the ground, and came to rest inverted. There was no postcrash fire. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica Civil Avenida El dorado # 103 - 23, Bogotá – Colombia +57 - 1 - 2 96 21 38 or + 57 - 1 - 2 96 20 13 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-1364 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-0055
- Engines: Continental Motors Inc O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Fumigación Aérea del Oriente S.A.S
- Registered owner: Magda Yadira Meneses Espinosa
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Departed: Las Nubes
- Destination: Las Nubes

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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