DCA25LA233

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747-47UF · Guayaquil, Ecuador · June 12, 2025

Incident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
June 12, 2025, 22:08 local (22:08 UTC)
Place
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N476MCBoeing 747-47UF
Defining event
Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Parties
Atlas, GE, FAA, Boeing
Case key
200326

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N476MC
Reported as
Boeing 747-47UF (47UF)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
29256
Built
1999
Damage
Minor damage
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Atlas Air Inc
Registered owner
Atlas Air Inc
Departed
Quito
Destination
Maimi, FL

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.