# NTSB GAA23WA202: Cessna 150H, N8473U, Cayo District, Belize, July 9, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 9, 2023, 23:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place: Cayo District, Belize · 1.3 miles north of Spanish Lookout Airstrip
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Accident Investigation Unit
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192603
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192603/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA202

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172F, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2072414), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8473U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8473U), registered now, S/N 17252373, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage

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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