- Date
- August 30, 2013, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Macas, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 7 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HC-BODPiper PA-32-300
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 87990
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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 August 30, 2013, about 1630 coordinated universal time (1130 local time), a Piper PA-32-300, Ecuadorian registration HC-BOD, was substantially damaged during a forced landing while approaching Edmundo Carvajal Airport (SEMC), Macas, Ecuador. The Ecuadorian commercial pilot was seriously injured, and of the seven passengers (including one lap child), six were seriously injured and one sustained minor injuries. The airplane, which was en route from an airstrip in Wachirpas, Ecuador, was operating 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-BOD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40531
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540 Serie, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Amazonia Verde
- Registered owner
- Amazonia Verde
- Departed
- Wachirpas
- Destination
- SEMC · Macas
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SEMC · Edmundo Carvajal
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 23, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 23 KB in all.