# NTSB ERA17WA206: Cessna 182, Poesoegroenoe, Suriname, May 18, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 18, 2017, 18:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Poesoegroenoe, Suriname
- 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: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA206

## 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 May 18, 2017, at 1840 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 182P, registered as PZ-VAC, experienced an uncontained engine failure, and sustained minor damage during a subsequent forced landing in Poespegroenoe, Suriname. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight departed Kwamalasoemoetoe Airport (SMSM), Sipaliwini, Suriname, destined for Zorg en Hoop Airfield (SMZO), Paramaribo, Suriname.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Suriname Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Any further information may be obtained from: Civil Aviation Safety Authority Zorg en Hoop Airfield P.O. Box 12587 Paramaribo, Suriname This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Government of Suriname.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PZ-VAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (P)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262549
- Engines: Continental O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: CC Logistical Solutions, N.V.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SMSM, Sipaliwini
- Destination: SMZO, Paramaribo

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; commercial

## 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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