# NTSB GAA23WA251: Robinson R44, Manta, Ecuador, September 8, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 8, 2023, 09:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Manta, Ecuador
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193034/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA251

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-CPV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial 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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