# NTSB GAA20WA125: Cessna R172, Tarapaca-Amazonas, Colombia, July 30, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 30, 2020, 18:03 local (18:03 UTC)
- Place: Tarapaca-Amazonas, Colombia
- Coordinates: -2.695519, -69.932158
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.6955&lon=-69.9322&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA125

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Emergency descent initiated](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/130); cases with it: [All aircraft, 42 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/130/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK2129 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172 (K)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CR1722846
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aerovias Regionales del Oriente
- Registered owner: Banoy Hincapie Santiago
- Departed: SQPA, Pacoa
- Destination: SKLT, Leticia

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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