# NTSB GAA26WA038: Cessna A188, N86448, Bragado, Argentina, November 27, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 27, 2025, 19:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Bragado, Argentina
- Coordinates: -35.149722, -60.530556
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-35.1497&lon=-60.5306&mi=10
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- 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): 202107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA038

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86448](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86448-2026-01-08), registration cancelled 2026-01-08, S/N 18802015T, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188 (B)
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802015T
- Year built: 1975
- Engines: Continental Aerospace Technologies IO-550-D reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Flight test, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Other investigations on N86448 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA75FYC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYC27), Feb 21, 1975: Cessna A188B (N86448), Independence, OR, substantial damage

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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