# NTSB ERA19WA103: Britten Norman BN2B, N203PR, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, January 25, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 25, 2019, 15:51 local (15:51 UTC)
- Place: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Coordinates: 0.974444, -79.626945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=0.9744&lon=-79.6269&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
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA19WA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98995/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19WA103

## 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: [Britten-Norman BN-2B-26, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=1520350), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Ecuador has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Britten Norman BN2B airplane that occurred on January 25, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Ecuador's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Ecuador.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N203PR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N203PR-2019-03-27), registration cancelled 2019-03-27, S/N 2248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Britten Norman BN2B (26)
- Registry model: [Britten-Norman BN-2B-26](https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2b-26) (registry code 1520350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2248
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540-E4C5 reciprocating; Lycoming IO-540-E4C5 reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Flamenco Air
- Registered owner: Air Charter Dba
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Cali
- Destination: Guayaquil
- Airport: SEES

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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