# NTSB ERA17WA082: Cessna A188, Michiragua, Colombia, January 7, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 7, 2017, 13:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Michiragua, Colombia
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA082

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 January 7, 2017, about 1315 UTC, a Cessna A188A; HK714 was lost at sea after takeoff from La Guajira, Columbia. The wreckage was not recovered and the pilot was presumed fatally injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Av. Eldorado 103-23 Bogota, Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 296-2138 (57-1) 296-2013 This report is for information purposes and contains only information released by the government of Columbia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK714 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18800718
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Aerpsamodad Agrocp;a-ASA
- Registered owner: Aerpsamodad Agrocp;a-ASA
- Departed: La Guajira

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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