# NTSB GAA23WA007: Cirrus SF50, Santa Marta, Colombia, October 16, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: October 16, 2022, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Santa Marta, Colombia
- Coordinates: 11.117361, -74.230553
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=11.1174&lon=-74.2306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious, 5 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA007

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-5342 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SF50
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0149
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Panamerican Training Center S.A.S
- Registered owner: Metaway Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Airport: SKSM, Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport, runway 01
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 6.21 statute miles
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Observed at: SKSM
- METAR: SKSM 161800Z 31007KT 9999 FEW017TCU 34/27 Q1009 RMK TCUSE A2983

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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