# NTSB ERA16WA287: Cessna 172, Fredonia, Colombia, August 9, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 9, 2016, 21:56 local (21:56 UTC)
- Place: Fredonia, Colombia
- Coordinates: 5.939444, -75.608329
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.9394&lon=-75.6083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA287
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93815/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA287

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 9, 2016, about 2156 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 172N, Colombian registration HK4822G, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near Fredonia, Antioquia, Colombia. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The instructional flight departed from Santa Ana Airport (SKGO), Cartago, Colombia, around 2049, with an intended destination of Medellin Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (SKMD), Medellin, Colombia. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. For further information contact: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Av. Eldorado 103-15 Nuevo Edificio Aerocivil Bogota, Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 425-1000 Fax: (57-1) 296-2203 This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK4822G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (N)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Escuela De Aviacion Halcones
- Registered owner: Escuela De Aviacion Halcones
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SKGO, Cartago
- Destination: SKMD, Medellin

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: SKMD, 17 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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