# NTSB ERA13WA287: Piper PA22, Taisha, Ecuador, June 13, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 13, 2013, 20:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place: Taisha, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.284722, -77.500556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.2847&lon=-77.5006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA287
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87211/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87211
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA287

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 13, 2013, at 2028 coordinated universal time (1528 local time), a Piper PA-22-135, Ecuadorian registration HC-CMX, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Taisha Airport (SETH), Taisha, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, en route to Sucua Airport (SESC), Sucua, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador. The Ecuadorian commercial pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Ecuadorian flight regulations. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Ecuador. Further information can be obtained from: Dirección General de Aviación Civil Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de la República del Ecuador Avenida Colón E5-56 y La Rábida Edificio Ave María Torre Sur Quito, República del Ecuador Tel: 593-02-223-8981 www.dgac.gov.ec This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Ecuador.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-CMX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22 (135)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-1958
- Engines: LYCOMING O290 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aero Liderman
- Registered owner: Aero Liderman
- Departed: SETH, Taisha
- Destination: SESC, Sucua
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SETH, Taisha Airport, runway 18, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87211. 25 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Record (item 1, .PDF, 25 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40395446&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Record-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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