# NTSB ERA10WA327: Cessna, Pavacachi, Ecuador, June 22, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 22, 2010, 13:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Pavacachi, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -1.567499, -76.351387 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-1.5675&lon=-76.3514&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Miami International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA327
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76411/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA327

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 22, 2010, about 1345 universal time, a Cessna TU-206F, HC-BYA, registered to and operated by Servicio Aero Quichua De Pasta, as a cargo flight, initiated a descent in the vicinity of Pavacachi, Ecuador. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. A noise was heard coming from the engine and the engine rpm decreased from 2,350 rpm to 1,000 rpm. The pilot tried to make an emergency landing at the Pavachi Airport, but the airplane collided with trees short of the runway. The airplane received substantial damage. The pilot received serious injuries. The flight originated from Rio Amazonaas Airport, Shell, Ecuador, at 1205, and was en-route to a dirt landing strip in the vicinity of Pista Loorocachi, Ecuador. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ecuador. Any further information can be obtained from: Direccion General de Aviacion Civil Buenos Aires 149 Y 10 de Agusto P.O. Box 2077 Quito, Republica del Ecuador Phone: 593-2-223-8981 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-BYA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603396
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Servicio Aero Quichua De  Pastaza, SANKIP
- Registered owner: Servicio Aero Quichua De  Pastaza, SANKIP
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SEPA, Shell
- Destination: Pista Lorocachi
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious; commercial; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.50 inHg
- Observed at: SELT, 160 nm away

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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