Accident Piper PA-31 Navajo XB-ABQ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45085
 
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Date:Friday 12 September 2003
Time:19:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA31 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-31 Navajo
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: XB-ABQ
MSN: 31-50
Year of manufacture:1967
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Uraba, Department of Antioquia -   Colombia
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG)
Destination airport:Panama City Albrook-Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport (PAC/MPMG)
Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The Piper PA-31 twin-engine airplane was destroyed upon collision with mountainous terrain while in cruise flight near Uraba, Department of Antioquia, in the Republic of Colombia. The commercial pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. The pilot was a Mexican citizen, while the passenger was a Colombian citizen. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the international cross-country flight for which a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Medellin at 17:00 local, with the Paitilla Airport, near Panama City, Panama, as its intended destination.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Report number: COL-03-23-GIA
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: FTW03WA228
2. https://ar.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NotiSar/conversations/messages/1769

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2008 00:45 ASN archive Added
29-Jun-2015 02:09 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2017 15:41 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]
14-Sep-2022 14:04 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report]

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