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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 140 · Región de Antofagasta, Chile · April 26, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
April 26, 2026, 08:29 local (12:29 UTC)
Place
Región de Antofagasta, Chile
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2187VCessna 140
Defining event
Landing: Nose over/nose down
Weather
Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202890

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N2187V
Reported as
Cessna 140
Category
Airplane
Serial number
14416
Engine
Cont Motor C90 SERIES, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
International Air Services Inc Trustee
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Airport
SCFA · Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport, runway 19
Equipment
Unknown

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Day

Other investigations on N2187V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.