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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 188 · La Puntilla, Ecuador · February 19, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 19, 2025, 17:35 local (17:35 UTC)
Place
La Puntilla, Ecuador
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
HC-CAZCessna 188
Defining event
Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of engine power (partial)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
200110

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Loss of engine power (partial)Maneuvering-low-alt flyingAll aircraft: 1,858 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
HC-CAZ
Reported as
Cessna 188 (B)
Category
Airplane
Built
1982
Airframe hours
13,385.8
Engine
Continental Aerospace Technologies IO-550-D, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial