Cessna A188 HK-1364

Summary

On 4 June 2015 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna A188 registered HK-1364, operated by Fumigación Aérea del Oriente S.A.S, was involved in an accident near Puerto Gaitan, Colombia. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 June 2015 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Puerto Gaitan, Colombia

Coordinates

4.2100, -70.8106

Aircraft

Cessna A188

Registration

HK-1364

Category

Airplane

Operator

Fumigación Aérea del Oriente S.A.S

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Nubes → Las Nubes

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ERA15WA235

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 4, 2015, about 1715 coordinated universal time, a Cessna A188, Colombian registration HK-1364, was substantially damaged when it impacted power lines and then terrain during an aerial application flight near Puerto Gaitan, Colombia. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A witnesss reported that the airplane was conducting spraying operations when it impacted power lines, impacted the ground, and came to rest inverted. There was no postcrash fire. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica Civil Avenida El dorado # 103 - 23, Bogotá – Colombia +57 - 1 - 2 96 21 38 or + 57 - 1 - 2 96 20 13 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.