# NTSB ERA15WA275: Cessna 206G, Sucua, Ecuador, July 19, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 19, 2015, 15:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Sucua, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.483055, -78.166946 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.4831&lon=-78.1669&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA275
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA275

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: 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 July 19, 2015, about 1515 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 206G, HC-CLR, was destroyed by collision with terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power during descent to Edmund Carvajal Airport (XMS), Macas, Santiago, Ecuador. The Ecuadoran certificated pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was descending on the return leg of a sport-parachuting flight after 5 parachutists had exited. According to investigators, seven minutes after deploying the parachutists at 12,000 feet, the pilot declared an emergency due to a loss of engine power. The airplane was at 9,500 feet, and the pilot announced he would attempt to reach Sucua Airport (SUQ) in Sucua, Ecuador for the forced landing. There were no further communications from the pilot. The airplane collided with terrain prior to reaching SUQ. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Direccion General De Aviacion Civil of Ecuador. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Direccion General De Aviacion Civil IIC – Senor Jaime Salazar Av: Colon E5-56y La Rabida, Edificio Ave Maria Torre Sur 10mo. Piso P.O. Box 17-01-2077 E-mail: dofezu@gmail.com Fax: 02-2238981 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained from the Government of Ecuador.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-CLR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CU20626683
- Engines: Continental SIOT-360-M reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Regional Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: XMS, Santiago
- Destination: XMS, Santiago
- Airport: XMS, Edmund Carvajal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious; foreign; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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