# NTSB ERA10WA149: Piper PA32, Santiago, Ecuador, February 6, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 6, 2010, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Santiago, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.471388, -78.169441 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.4714&lon=-78.1694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: IFO/FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75402/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75402
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA149

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 6, 2010, about 1020 central standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, of Ecuadorian registration, HC-BOD, registered to and operated by Fundacion Amazonia Verde, separated the left main wheel during the landing roll at the Mashuim Airstrip, Santiago, Ecuador. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot was not injured and the airplane incurred minor damage. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ecuador. Any further information can be obtained from: Direccion General de Aviacion Civil Departamento de Seguridad de Vuelo Buenos Aires 149 Y 10 de Agusto Casilla 2077 Quito, Republica del Ecuador Fax; 593-2- 223-8352 This information is for informational purposes only and contains information released by, or obtained for, the government of Ecuador.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-BOD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 40531
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Fundacion Amazonia Verde
- Registered owner: Fundacion Amazonia Verde
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Sucua, Ecuador
- Destination: Mashuim
- Airport: Mashuim

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.40 inHg
- Observed at: SELT

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 9, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75402. 9 KB in all.

- Miscellaneous: Memorandum (item 1, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326712&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Miscellaneous%3A%20Memorandum-Master.PDF

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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