# NTSB GAA25WA151: Cessna 188, La Puntilla, Ecuador, February 19, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 19, 2025, 17:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: La Puntilla, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -2.433035, -79.428974 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.4330&lon=-79.4290&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: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 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): 200110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200110/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA151

## 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-CAZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Year built: 1982
- Airframe hours: 13385.8
- Engines: Continental Aerospace Technologies IO-550-D reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- 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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