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| Date: | Saturday 4 June 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 182S Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | TG-PIM |
| MSN: | 18280191 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nahualá -
 Guatemala
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
| Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ/MGQZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | UIA Guatemala |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed into rising terrain in adverse weather conditions in Nahualá, Guatemala.
The sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
The probable cause is the loss of situational awareness due to reduced visibility caused by terrain elevation while attempting to fly under visual conditions when the cloud base was covering the mountains.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://republica.gt/guatemala/cae-avioneta-en-nahuala-solola-y-piloto-muere--20226414310
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/65823_1617517380.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 2017 | TG-PIM | 0 | Sayaxché Airport,Peten | |
min |
Media:
Información preliminar
— Diario La Hora (@lahoragt) June 4, 2022
Agentes de la Policía Nacional Civil informan que en la aldea Chirijox, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Sololá, en un área montañosa localizaron una avioneta accidentada, y 1 persona fallecida en la misma.
Ampliaremos pic.twitter.com/8MjGrlPIVz
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2022 00:52 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 17-Nov-2024 17:28 | ASN | Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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