# NTSB WAS01RA016: Fokker F28, Tulcan, Ecuador, July 16, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2001, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Tulcan, Ecuador
- Coordinates: 0.809993, -77.707862 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=0.8100&lon=-77.7079&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 76 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WAS01RA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53400/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WAS01RA016

## Aircraft

- Registration: HC-BMD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Fokker F28
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: TAME Airlines
- Departed: QUITO
- Destination: TULCAN
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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