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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA34 · Carate, Costa Rica · July 16, 2024

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 16, 2024, 10:50 local (10:50 UTC)
Place
Carate, Costa Rica
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
TI-APIPiper PA34
Defining event
Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
194927

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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
TI-API
Reported as
Piper PA34 (200T)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
On-Ground
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Airport
MRCE