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| Date: | Saturday 21 September 2019 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | MAG Flight Training |
| Registration: | HP-1760FT |
| MSN: | 17276324 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guararé, near Augusto Vergara Airport (MPNU), Los Santos Province -
 Panama
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Panama City Albrook-Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport (PAC/MPMG) |
| Investigating agency: | OFINVAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The light plane crashed in a cornfield. Two occupants died in the crash, one occupant, a woman, was seriously injured. She later died in a hospital from the injuries sustained in the crash.
Probable Cause
The accident is the result of a loss of lift at low altitude with power, caused by a series of contributing factors.
Contributing factors
a. The pilot-in-command seat sliding in climb towards the rear of the airplane.
b. Risk assessment and decision making by the pilot in command.
c. The use of the safety pilot on a cross-country flight. (There is no safety pilot in this type of operation).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.midiario.com/nacionales/cae-avioneta-a-tierra-en-guarare/
https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Avioneta-estrella-Guarare_0_5401709827.html
https://www.critica.com.pa/nacional/dos-muertos-al-estrellarse-avioneta-en-guarare-558504
https://portal.aeronautica.gob.pa/upia/archivo/86593_HP-1760FT_ACCID-31.03.2021_informe_final.pdf
www.midiario.com
Location
Media:
#NoticiasTVN Autoridad de Aeronáutica Civil informa que aeronave CESSNA 172 con matrícula HP1760FT de la Escuela Mag Flight sufrió un accidente en Guararé, provincia de Los Santos. @aacivilpty lamenta la situación. Detalles en https://t.co/rS1XCIOw6w pic.twitter.com/XJ78p3gswY
— TVN Noticias (@tvnnoticias) September 22, 2019
🇵🇦Panama - Una avioneta Cessna 172 se precipitó a tierra sábado 21 de septiembre en Guararé, provincia de los Santos, dejando al menos tres personas lesionadas que quedaron atrapadas dentro de la aeronave.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) September 22, 2019
ASN: https://t.co/Rg9uR5VuJr
Press: https://t.co/8t4LgGkrsP pic.twitter.com/BwHrxpaBKv
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2019 05:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Sep-2019 05:45 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Sep-2019 06:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 22-Sep-2019 14:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Sep-2019 14:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Sep-2019 06:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2021 06:18 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2021 06:20 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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