# NTSB IAD05RA102: Pilatus PC-6, N908PL, Brasilito, Costa Rica, July 16, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2005
- Place: Brasilito, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 10.447221, -85.833335
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.4472&lon=-85.8333&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: N/A
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD05RA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05RA102

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N908PL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N908PL-2010-04-01), registration cancelled 2010-04-01, S/N 908, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Pilatus PC-6
- Registry model: [Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b2-h4) (registry code 7090215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Greg Gund
- Departed: TNO, Tamarindo

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050716020969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050716020969A), Jul 16, 2005: Pilats PC6B2H4, Flamingo Beach, Destroyed, 6 fatal. (-23) Witnesses stated that they saw the aircraft flying close to the water and that shortly before the crash it had been climbing and descending in a roller…

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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