GAA27WA005

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna R172 · Tarija, Bolivia · October 7, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 7, 2026, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
Place
Tarija, Bolivia
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
CP-2646Cessna R172
Defining event
Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203968

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
CP-2646
Reported as
Cessna R172
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Ciac
Registered owner
Ciac
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Destination
SLVM · Villa Montes, OF
Airport
SLTJ · Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Equipment
Unknown