# NTSB ERA15WA185: Aerospool Dynamic WT-9, Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador, March 28, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 28, 2015
- Place: Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador
- Coordinates: 0.054444, -78.220558 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=0.0544&lon=-78.2206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA185

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 28, 2015, about 1300 local time, an Aerospool Dynamic WT9, French registration F-JUKE, was destroyed when it impacted terrain on Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. The Swiss pilot was fatally injured. The flight, which originated at Cotopaxi International Airport (SELT), Latacunga, Ecuador, was destined for an airstrip in Tabacundo, Ecuador, and was being operated under Ecuadorian flight regulations. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Ecuador, with U.S. participation limited to data downloads of onboard avionics under Ecuadorian oversight. 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: F-JUKE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPOOL DYNAMIC WT-9
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SELT, Latacunga
- Destination: NONE, Tabacundo

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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