# NTSB MIA98WA097: Cessna 401, La Puntilla, Chile, March 2, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 2, 1998, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: La Puntilla, Chile
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98WA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38563/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA097

## Aircraft

- Registration: CCCIX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 401
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aero Chaiten
- Departed: CHAITEN, OF
- Destination: PUERTO MONTT, OF

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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