Cessna 172 HC-BFQ

Summary

On 28 February 2009 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 172 registered HC-BFQ, operated by Aeroclub Pastaza, was involved in an accident near Liquino, Ecuador. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 2009 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Liquino, Ecuador

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

HC-BFQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aeroclub Pastaza

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shell Mera → Pastaza

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

ERA09WA178

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 28, 2009, at an unknown time, a Cessna 172N, Ecuadorian registration HC-BFQ, owned and operated by Aeroclub Pastaza, was substantially damaged under unknown circumstances near Pisto Liquino Airport in Provincia de Pastaza, Ecuador. The airplane was on a cargo flight from Aeropuerto Rio de Amazonas (SESM), to Pisto Liquino. The cargo consisted of 209 kilograms of iron bars and cement for construction purposes. The last contact with the flight occurred at 1515 UTC, when the pilot reported that he was at TOPUS intersection,at an altitude of 3,500 feet. On March 1, the wreckage was discovered close to the runway at Pisto Liquino. The pilot, the sole person on board, was killed. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Junta Investigadora de Accidentes, Direccion General de Aviacion Civil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Direccion General de Aviacion Civil Dir Buenos Aires 149 y Av 10 de Agusto Quito, Ecuador This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by the Government of Ecuador.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.