# NTSB ERA14WA246: Cessna T206H, Macas, Ecuador, May 14, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 14, 2014
- Place: Macas, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.312777, -78.124168 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.3128&lon=-78.1242&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 5 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89236/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89236
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA246

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T20608248
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 11, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89236. 51 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Record (item 1, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413195&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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