# NTSB GAA24WA251: Piper PA31, Cerro Castillo, Chile, August 9, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 9, 2024, 09:36 local (13:36 UTC)
- Place: Cerro Castillo, Chile
- Coordinates: -45.994722, -72.014667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-45.9947&lon=-72.0147&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194889
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194889/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA251

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-CRN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7712045
- Year built: 1977
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Fire at unknown time
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Transportes Aereos San Rafael Ltda.
- Departed: SCCY
- Destination: SCCC

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; injuries: fatal; commercial

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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