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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-31 T · Pudahuel, Chile · November 13, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
November 12, 2025, 21:42 local (Nov 13, 2025, 00:42 UTC)
Place
Pudahuel, Chile
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
CC-CYBPiper PA-31 T
Defining event
Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
Weather
Visual (VMC)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202000

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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
CC-CYB
Reported as
Piper PA-31 T (NO SERIES)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
31T-8120028
Built
1981
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A, turbo propPratt & Whitney PT6A-135A, turbo prop
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Sociedad Transporte Aeromedico Critico
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Airport
SCEL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez, runway 17, 10,500 × ft, unknown
Equipment
Unknown

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)