- Date
- May 14, 2014
- Place
- Macas, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- HC-CFECessna T206H
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 89236
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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 May 14, 2014, about 1600 local time, a Cessna T206H, Ecuadorian registration HC-CFE, was substantially damaged when it impacted power lines while returning to land at Edmundo Carvajal Airport (SEMC), Macas, Ecuador, with smoke in the cockpit. The Ecuadorian commercial pilot and four passengers were seriously injured. The airplane, originally destined for Taisha Airport (SETH), Taisha, 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-CFE
- Reported as
- Cessna T206H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T20608248
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Servicio Aereo Morona
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SEMC · Macas
- Destination
- SETH · Taisha
- Airport
- SEMC · Edmundo Carvajal Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 11, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 51 KB in all.