# NTSB ERA09WA218: Beech BE-200, Quito, Ecuador, March 19, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 19, 2009, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Quito, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -0.141111, -78.488052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-0.1411&lon=-78.4881&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA218

## Probable cause

None.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal
- Co-pilot; injuries: fatal

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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