# NTSB GAA25WA054: Cessna 188, Colon, Ecuador, January 8, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: January 8, 2025, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Colon, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.907647, -79.781394 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.9076&lon=-79.7814&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: JIA, Continental Aerospace Technologies
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199526
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199526/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA054

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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-BMT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CT18803813T
- Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aifa S.A.
- Registered owner: Aifa S.A.
- Departed: SEFT

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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