# NTSB ERA17WA004: Cessna 208, Contamana, Peru, October 3, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2016, 15:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Contamana, Peru
- Coordinates: -7.335555, -74.993057
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-7.3356&lon=-74.9931&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-to runway: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 10 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94158/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA004

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-to runway: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 3, 2016, about 1530 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 208B, Peruvian registration OB-1998-P, was substantially damaged when the left main landing gear separated from the airplane while taxiing at Contamana Airport (SPCM), Contamana, Peru. The two pilots and eight passengers were not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was destined for Captain David Abensur Rengifo International Airport (SPCL), Pucallpa, Peru.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Peru. Further information can be obtained from: Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA) Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil Avenida Jiron Zorritos 1203 Lima 1 Peru Central: 6157800 Tel: (511) 315-7800 http://www.mtc.gob.pe/ This report is for information purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Peru.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-1998-P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B2265
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: North American Floatplane Service S.A.C.
- Registered owner: Cessna Finance Export Corporation
- Departed: SPCM, Contamana
- Destination: SPCL, Pucallpa
- Airport: SPCM, Contamana Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

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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