# NTSB ERA17WA061: Cessna TU206, Villavicencio, Colombia, November 23, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 23, 2016, 20:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Villavicencio, Colombia
- Coordinates: 4.161944, -73.618614 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=4.1619&lon=-73.6186&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94439/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA061

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 23, 2016, about 2000 coordinated universal time, a Cessna TU206G, Colombian registration HK2659, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Vanguardia Airport (SKVV), Colombia. The Colombian certificated pilot and two of the passengers were uninjured, one passenger sustained serious injuries, and one of the passengers was fatally injured. The flight departed La Macarena Airport (SKNA), La Macarena, Colombia, and was destined for SKJU.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 http://www.aerocivil.gov.co Telephone (+57) 1 2962013 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-2659 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206 (G)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20606608
- Engines: Continential TISO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Global Life Ambulancias S.A.S
- Registered owner: Global Life Ambulancias S.A.S
- Departed: SKNA, La Macarena
- Destination: SKVV, Villavicencio
- Airport: SKVV, Vanguardia Airport, runway 1, 5,616 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.76 inHg
- Observed at: SKVV

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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