- Date
- May 18, 2017
- Place
- Cerro Azul, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- HC-CEGCessna 206
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95322
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On May 18, 2017, at an unknown time, a Cessna 206H, Ecuadorian registration HC-CEG, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in Cerro Azul, Ecuador. The foreign certificated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador, and was destined for General Ulpiano Paez Airport, Salinas, Ecuador. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) of Ecuador. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Dirección General de Aviación Civil Departamento de Seguridad de Vuelo Buenos Aires 149 y Av. 10 de Agosto Casilla 2077 Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593) 2-544-274 Fax: (593) 2-563-995 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Ecuador.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HC-CEG
- Reported as
- Cessna 206 (H)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20603020
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal