# NTSB GAA26WA275: Cessna U206, Iquique, Chile, August 4, 2026

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 4, 2026, 18:24 local (22:24 UTC)
- Place: Iquique, Chile
- Coordinates: -21.14655, -70.116278 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-21.1466&lon=-70.1163&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 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): 203534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA275
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203534/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA275

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-PHJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604031
- Year built: 1977
- Engines: Continental IO-520-F 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at: SCDA, 37 nm away
- METAR: METAR SCDA 042200Z 35005KT 9999 BKN027 19/12 Q1012

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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