Piper PA31 HK-5229

Summary

On 15 September 2019 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA31 registered HK-5229 was involved in an accident near Popayan, Colombia. 9 people were on board and 7 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 2019 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Popayan, Colombia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA31

Registration

HK-5229

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ERA19WA271

7 people 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

The government of Colombia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA31 airplane that occurred on September 15, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Colombia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Colombia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.