# NTSB GAA23WA254: Robinson R44, Ilopango, El Salvador, July 25, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 25, 2023, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Ilopango, El Salvador
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- 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): 193046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA254
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193046/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA254

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PNC-04N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Robinson R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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