# NTSB GAA27WA005: Cessna R172, Tarija, Bolivia, October 7, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 7, 2026, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Tarija, Bolivia
- Coordinates: -21.553889, -64.703056
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-21.5539&lon=-64.7031&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 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): 203968
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA27WA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203968/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA27WA005

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CP-2646 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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