# NTSB ERA13WA430: Cessna R172K, Morona Santiago, Ecuador, September 21, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 21, 2013, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Morona Santiago, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2, -77 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.0000&lon=-77.0000&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: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA430
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88116/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88116
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA430

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-BGT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CR1723010
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aerosangay
- Registered owner: Aerosangay
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Morona Santiago
- Destination: XMS, Macas
- Airport: Tayuntza, runway 04

## Weather



## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 23, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88116. 77 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 77 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40402023&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-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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