# NTSB MIA06WA038: Cessna 172RG, Mendoza, Argentina, January 3, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 3, 2006, 13:26 local (13:26 UTC)
- Place: Mendoza, Argentina
- Coordinates: -32.831665, -68.792778
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.8317&lon=-68.7928&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Miami International
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06WA038

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-OJN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172RG
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Edilson Kruger Leite
- Departed: SAME, Mendoza
- Destination: SCEL, Santiago
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: SAME

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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