# NTSB ERA15WA305: Cessna 402B, Vereda Guarigua Cajica, Colombia, August 8, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 8, 2015, 15:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Vereda Guarigua Cajica, Colombia
- Coordinates: 4.928611, -74.041946
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=4.9286&lon=-74.0419&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91741
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA305
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91741/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA305

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 8, 2015, 1505 UTC, a Cessna 402B, HK-4990, registered to and operated by AeroExpress, collided with terrain near Vereda Guarigua Cajica, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and flight plan information is unknown for the non-US, non-commercial local training flight, which originated from Guaymaral Airport (SKGY), Bogota, Colombia. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the three occupants were fatally injured. After takeoff the flight proceeded to the training area and about 22 minutes after takeoff, an emergency was declared and contact was lost. A search was initiated and the wreckage was located adjacent to a house; there were no reported ground injuries. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Any further information can be obtained from: Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado Bogota, Colombia Telephone: 571.425.1000 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-4990 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B1219
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: AeroExpress
- Registered owner: AeroExpress
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SKGY, Bogota
- Destination: SKGY, Bogota
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 2 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.37 inHg
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: SKBO, 15 nm away

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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