# NTSB MIA08WA063: Cessna A188B, Valencia, Ecuador, January 17, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 17, 2008, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Valencia, Ecuador
- Coordinates: -0.926666, -79.34333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-0.9267&lon=-79.3433&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08WA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67522/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08WA063

## Factual narrative

On January 17, 2008, about 1045 eastern standard time, a Cessna A188B, Ecuadorian registration HC-CDS, registered to and operated by Fumigacion Aereas FAPAS, crashed following a loss of engine power, while on a aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot reported no injuries and the airplane incurred substantial damage.  The flight originated from the Hermanos Perez Airstrip, Valencia, Ecuador, earlier that day, about 0930.

According to information obtained from the Ecuadorian Subdireccion de Aviacion Civil, the airplane was on the fourth application of the day. During that application the engine, without any warning, lost total power. The pilot was forced to land on top of the banana plants, which he was fumigating at the time.

This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ecuador. Any further information can be obtained from:

Direccion General de Aviacion Civil

Buenos Aires 149 Y 10 de Agusto

P.O. Box 2077

Quito, Republica del Ecuador

Telephone: 593-2-223-8981

Fax; 593-2- 223-8352

This information is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by, or obtained for the Government of Ecuador.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HCCDS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna A188B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Fumigaciones Aereas FAPSA
- Departed: SEPZ, Valencia

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: SEGU

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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