- Date
- March 19, 2009, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quito, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- AEE-101Beech BE-200
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 73557
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Probable cause
None.
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.
Analysis
None.
Factual narrative
On March 19, 2009, about 1030 universal coordinated time, a Beech BE-200, registered as AEE-101, and operated by the Ecuadorian Army was destroyed when it impacted a residential area while on approach to the Mariscal Sucre Airport (SEQU), Quito, Ecuador. The two pilots and three passengers onboard the airplane, and two persons on the ground were killed. The military training flight departed San Vicente, Ecuador. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ecuador. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Ecuador.
Aircraft
- Registration
- AEE-101
- Reported as
- Beech BE-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB-811
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Ecuadorian Army
- Registered owner
- Ecuadorian Army
- Departed
- San Vicente
- Destination
- SEQU · Quito
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SEQU · Mariscal Sucre
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal