# NTSB GAA24WA133: Cessna 172, La Linea, Chile, March 29, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: March 29, 2024, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: La Linea, Chile
- Coordinates: -39.829444, -72.488333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-39.8294&lon=-72.4883&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194023
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194023/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA133

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-PFV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at: SCVD, 30 nm away
- METAR: SCVD 291800Z 20009KT CAVOK 19/07 Q1021

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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