# NTSB ERA10WA236: Cessna 150, Santo Domingo, Ecuador, April 7, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 7, 2010, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Santo Domingo, Ecuador
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: IFO/FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75789
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75789/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75789
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA236

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Power plant](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057100): Aircraft › Aircraft power plant · Malfunction (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 198 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057100/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

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

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75789. 9 KB in all.

- Miscellaneous:Memorandum (item 1, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40330274&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Miscellaneous%3AMemorandum-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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