Cessna 172N TI-BAA

Summary

On 9 August 2015 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered TI-BAA was involved in an accident near Bajo Baudo, Colombia. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 August 2015 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bajo Baudo, Colombia

Nearest airport

Pizarro Airport

Coordinates

4.9603, -77.3631

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

TI-BAA

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ERA15WA309

3 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

On August 9, 2015, about 2200 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172N, Colombian registration TI-BAA, was destroyed when it impacted terrain during a rejected landing at Pizarro Airport (SK-195), Bajo Baudo, Colombia. The two pilots and one passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that was conducted under Colombian flight regulations. According to preliminary information from the Government of Colombia, the airplane had a false registration of TI-BOG. Additionally, the departure point and ultimate destination were unknown. The pilot made a long landing and subsequently tried to take off again when the airplane impacted terrain at the edge of a rainforest. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Av. Eldorado 103-23 Bogota, Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 296-2138 (57-1) 296-2013

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.