# NTSB FTW99WA209: Piper PA-32-260, Guayaquil, Ecuador, August 3, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 3, 1999, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46937
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW99WA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46937/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99WA209

## Aircraft

- Registration: HCAKO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-260
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Negocios Industriales Reales, doing business as N.I.R.S.A
- Destination: MANTA, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported

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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