# NTSB MIA03WA039: Beech A-36, N397TM, Carate, Costa Rica, January 4, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 4, 2003, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Carate, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 8.449999, -83.466667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=8.4500&lon=-83.4667&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Parties: FAA   Miami International FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA03WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03WA039

## Aircraft

- Registration: N397TM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech A-36
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Luminaire, LLC.
- Departed: MRCE, Carate
- Destination: MRPV, Pavas
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 100° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: MROC

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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