# NTSB GAA24WA090: Britten Norman BN2A, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador, February 12, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 12, 2024, 16:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -0.895002, -89.618675 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-0.8950&lon=-89.6187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 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): 193787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193787/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA090

## 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 (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-CXK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN NORMAN BN2A (21)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

## Weather

- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Observed at: SEST, 1 nm away
- METAR: SEST 121800Z 14006KT 9999 -RA SCT020 BKN100 27/25 Q1009 RMK A2981

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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