- Date
- November 14, 2015, 11:57 local (11:57 UTC)
- Place
- Gorliz, Spain
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- EC-HKHCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92343
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On November 14, 2015, at 1157 UTC, a Cessna 172, Spanish registration EC-HKH, collided with the water in the Astondo Bay off the coast of Gorliz, Spain, following a loss of engine power. The pilot and one passenger received minor injuries and a second passenger received serious injuries. The airplane has not been recovered from the water at the time of this report. The local personal flight originated from the Bilbao Airport (LEBB), Bilbao, Spain. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Spanish government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil Ministerio de Fomento C\Fruela, 6 — 1a planta 28011 Madrid Spain Tel.:(34) 91 597 89 60 E-mail:ciaiac@mfom.es
Aircraft
- Registration
- EC-HKH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Damage
- Substantial damage