# NTSB ERA16WA002: Piper PA-31-325, Chia, Colombia, October 3, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2015, 17:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Chia, Colombia
- Coordinates: 4.849444, -74.033332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=4.8494&lon=-74.0333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92106
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92106/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA002

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 3, 2015, about 1715 UTC, a Piper PA-31-325, Colombian registration HK3909G, registered to and operated by El Caminante Air S.A., collided with a structure then rolled inverted during a forced landing in a field near Hipodromo de los Andes, Chia, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed for the non-U.S., non-commercial flight from Guaymaral Airport (SKGY), Bogota, Colombia, to Olaya Herrera Airport (SKMD), Medellin, Colombia. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire. The commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 2 minutes earlier from SKGY. According to the Colombia investigator-in-charge, about 2 minutes after takeoff, the pilot declared an emergency and advised the controller that he intended to perform an emergency landing to a field that was in sight. During approach to the field, the airplane collided with structure, rolled inverted, and collided with terrain. A postcrash fire occurred. 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: HK3909G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7612070
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: El Caminante Air S.A.
- Registered owner: El Caminante Air S.A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SKGY, Guaymaral
- Destination: SKMD, Medellin
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SKGY, Guaymaral Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.31 inHg
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: SKBO, 11 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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