# NTSB ERA18RA045: Piper PA28, Vereda El Mortillo, Colombia, November 30, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 30, 2017, 12:35 local (12:35 UTC)
- Place: Vereda El Mortillo, Colombia
- Coordinates: 5.414444, -73.943885 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.4144&lon=-73.9439&mi=10
- 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: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96432
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA18RA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96432/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18RA045

## Preliminary report

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## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK1573G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-11200
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aeroandes
- Registered owner: Avr Ingenieria Sas
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SKGY, Guaymaral
- Destination: SKGY, Guaymaral
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: 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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