# NTSB ERA17WA084: Cessna 172, Tirua, Chile, January 8, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 8, 2017, 17:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place: Tirua, Chile
- Coordinates: -38.351665, -73.488609
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.3517&lon=-73.4886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94594
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94594/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA084

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 8, 2017, about 1741 coordinated universal time (1441 local time), a Cessna 172, Chilean registration CC-CMP, was destroyed when it collided with terrain during final approach to Tirua Airport (SCQK), Tirua, Chile. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Isla Mocha Airport (SCHM), Isla Mocha, Chile.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Chile. Further information can be obtained from: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Miguel Claro 1314 Providencia, Santiago Chile Tel.: (56) 2 439-2376 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Government of Chile.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-CMP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274380
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed: SCIM, Isla Mocha
- Destination: SCQK, Tirua
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SCQK, Aeropuerto de Tirua, runway 36

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

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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