ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146545
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 June 2012 |
| Time: | 6.:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | CPEA - Escuela de Aviación |
| Registration: | TI-BDT |
| MSN: | 28-7405024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cerro San Ramón ,Jicaral ,Puntarenas -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | MRPV ,Tobias Bolaños int |
| MRIA ,Punta Islita, Guanacaste | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane crashed into a hill after falling into a dive ,inverted to 320/kmh, hits two trees just before fall, causing the separation of both wings and finally the fuselage of the aircraft hits the ground and completely destroyed in a 30m radius, killing the pilot instantly.
The plane was flying a route from Tobias Bolaños International Airport to the airfield Punta Islita in Guanacaste, according to one theory, the plane go into a cloud bank, at this point the pilot with 120 hours of experience, enters spatial disorientation, despite to have an artificial horizon, after trying to maneuver the plane, it goes into a spin and falls into stall, directly impacting against the ground, another theory points to a fatigue of the elevator cables, which caused the plane falls in a negative loop, the plane descends rapidly into a dive and continues to rotate, descends from 6000 feet to 30 feet per second, this dive cause the plane was completely get inverted, and at this point ,the plane hits the ground. This theory arises because at the site of the wreck, the aircraft was found inverted, and the left wing was in right position and the same with the left wing,
indicating that the plane fell backwards...
The plane crash on an area of very difficult access, in the middle of a tropical forest, rescue workers lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes to reach the area of the wreck.
Sources:
http://www.telenoticias7.com/detalle_nacionales.php?title=Piloto-de-avioneta-ca%C3%ADda-es-encontrado-sin-vida&id=138180
http://telenoticias7.com/detalle_deportes.php?id=138180
Images:
Picture taken the day after the accident while rescue workers continued the rescue of the body of the deceased pilot, and people of DGAC collected information of the accident.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2012 01:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Jun-2012 01:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 09-Sep-2012 14:27 | Costa Rica Accidents | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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