- Date
- April 7, 2010, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santo Domingo, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- HC-CHLCessna 150
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- IFO/FAA
- Case key
- 75789
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Factual narrative
On April 7, 2010, about 1300 central standard time, a Cessna 150M, of Ecuadorian registration, HC-CHL, registered to and operated by Sky Ecuador Aerolineas S.A., incurred substantial damage during a force landing in rough terrain due to a partial loss of engine power near Aeropuerto Santo Domingo de Los Tsachilas, Santiago Domingo, Ecuador. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured. 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-CHL
- Reported as
- Cessna 150 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Sky Ecuador Aerolineas S. A.
- Registered owner
- Sky Ecuador Aerolineas S. A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Santo Domingo
- Destination
- Quevedo
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9 KB in all.