# NTSB ERA16WA262: Cessna TU206, Charrasquera, Colombia, July 11, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 11, 2016, 15:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place: Charrasquera, Colombia
- Coordinates: 2.643611, -71.940834
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=2.6436&lon=-71.9408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93632/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA262

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: 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 July 11, 2016, about 1507 coordinated universal time, a Cessna TU206G airplane, Colombian registration HK2940, was destroyed when it impacted dense jungle near Charrasquera-San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. The Colombian certificated pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed Villavicencio (SKVV), Colombia, about 1357, and was destined for Mitú (SKMU), Colombia. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia GRIAA - Aircraft Accident Investigation Group Civil Aviation Authority - Colombia CAA Av. Eldorado No. 103 – 23, OFC 202 CEA Telephone (+57) 1 2962013 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK2940 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206 (G)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CU20606686
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operator: Transportes Aereos Del Ariari S.A.A - TARI S.A.S
- Registered owner: Cristobal F. Barreto
- Departed: SKVV, Villavicencio
- Destination: SKMU, Mitu
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather



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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