GAA25WA212

NTSB accident investigation · Hughes 369 · Galapagos Islands, Panama · July 15, 2025

AccidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 15, 2025, 09:56 local (09:56 UTC)
Place
Galapagos Islands, Panama
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
HP-1983PAHughes 369
Defining event
Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
200566

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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.

Aircraft

Registration
HP-1983PA
Reported as
Hughes 369 (HS)
Category
Helicopter
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial