# NTSB MIA00WA249: Cessna 208B, N1357, La Fortuna, Costa Rica, August 26, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 26, 2000, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: La Fortuna, Costa Rica
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 10 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50092
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50092/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00WA249

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1357 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 208B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Sansa Aircraft
- Destination: MRTM, TAMARINDO, OF

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 250° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRO

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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