# NTSB ERA13WA401: Piper PA-32-300, Macas, Ecuador, August 30, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 30, 2013, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Macas, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.312222, -78.123054 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.3122&lon=-78.1231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 7 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA401
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87990/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87990
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA401

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-40531
- Engines: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 23, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87990. 23 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Record (item 1, .PDF, 23 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40400714&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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