# NTSB DCA11RA100: Embraer E190, Quito, Ecuador, September 17, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 16, 2011, 19:45 local (Sep 17, 2011, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Quito, Ecuador
- Location: 0.1368° S, 78.4906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mariscal Sucre Air Base (SEQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-0.1368&lon=-78.4906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 5 serious, 97 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81842
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11RA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81842/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11RA100

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 16, 2011, an Ecuadoran Embraer EMB-190, registration HC-CEZ, overran runway 35 while landing at Quito, Ecuador. The airplane was substantially damaged and there were 5 serious injuries among the 97 passengers and 5 crew. The investigation is being conducted by the Ecuador Junta Investigadora de Accidentes (JIA). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of the manufacturer of the engines. All investigation information will be released by the JIA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-CEZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER E190
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: GE CF34B turbo fan; GE CF34B turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Tame
- Registered owner: Tame
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Loja
- Destination: SEQU, Quito
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SEQU, Quito, runway 35, 10,230 × 150 ft, concrete

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night
- Wind: 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg
- Observed at: SEQU

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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