# NTSB ERA17WA198: Cessna 206, Cerro Azul, Ecuador, May 18, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 18, 2017
- Place: Cerro Azul, Ecuador
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95322
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95322/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA198

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather



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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