# NTSB MIA05WA115: Cessna 206C, N558DZ, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, May 31, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 31, 2005, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Coordinates: 9.666666, -84.616668
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.6667&lon=-84.6167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61612
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05WA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61612/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05WA115

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N558DZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N558DZ-2017-04-07), registration cancelled 2017-04-07, S/N 206-0126, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 206C
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Skydiving, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Skydive  Costa Rica
- Departed: Esterillos
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: MRPV

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