GAA23WA140

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 206 · Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia · May 1, 2023

Accident · FatalClass 3 · Foreign
Date
May 1, 2023, 12:34 local (12:34 UTC)
Place
Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia
Injuries
7 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Emergency descent
Aircraft
HK2803Cessna 206
Defining event
Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
107807

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
HK2803
Reported as
Cessna 206
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial