- Date
- December 24, 2017, 00:33 local (00:33 UTC)
- Place
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- PR-RTSCessna 172
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96533
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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.
Loss of engine power (total)All aircraft: 3,820 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cessna 172S airplane that occurred on December 24, 2017, in Turks and Caicos Islands. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the Air Accidents Investigation Branch's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of the United Kingdom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PR-RTS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental Motors CD-155, 155 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed
- Providenciales