# NTSB MIA99WA006: Boeing 727-200, Quito, Ecuador, October 2, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 2, 1998, 14:21 local (18:21 UTC)
- Place: Quito, Ecuador
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 44139
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA99WA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/44139/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99WA006

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK398 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 727-200
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Aero Sucre
- Departed: MCCL, CALI, OF
- Destination: SEQU
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 130° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at: SEQ

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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