# NTSB ERA17WA025: Piper PA23, Chimbote, Peru, October 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 16, 2016, 19:37 local (19:37 UTC)
- Place: Chimbote, Peru
- Coordinates: -9, -78
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-9.0000&lon=-78.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA025

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: 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 October 16, 2016, at 1937 universal time coordinated, a Piper PA-23-250 twin-engine airplane, Peruvian registration OB-2039, was not damaged during a precautionary landing to the Jaime Montreuil M. Airport (CHM), Chimbote, Peru. According to Peruvian officials, the left engine experienced a loss of manifold pressure and an increase in oil temperature while en route from the Captain Carlos Martinez De Pinillos/Trujillo International Airport (TRU), Trujillo, Peru, to the Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), Callao, Peru. The pilot shut down the left engine in flight, declared an emergency, and landed without further incident at CHM. The pilot and the passenger were not injured.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Peruvian Government. Any further information pertaining to the accident can be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación – CIAA Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones Jirón Zorritos 1203 – Piso 12 D Lima - 1 Peru Tel.: (511) 615-7488 Fax: (511) 615-7800 This report is for informational purposes and only information released by the Peruvian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-2039 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23 (250)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-4443
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: TRU, Trujillo
- Destination: LIM, Callao

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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