Accident Cessna R172K , Tuesday 4 December 2001

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Date:	Tuesday 4 December 2001
Time:
Type:	Cessna R172K
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:	R-1722043
Total airframe hrs:	5799 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Quito, Laderas del Pichincha,Loma Ingapirca - Ecuador
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	DGAC Ecuador
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft impacted terrain during a night time VFR training flight.

PROBABLE CAUSE
The Accident Investigation Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the continuation of a flight conducted under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) into an area where weather conditions required the use of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
- The crew’s decision to exit the designated area authorized by the Aeronautical Authority for this type of flight.
- Poor weather conditions in the accident area.
- Lack of attention to the flight by the crew.
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) units (Control Tower and Approach Control) at Quito airport approved the flight in an area not authorized for this type of operation.
- The inexperience of both the instructor and the student in this type of operation (night visual instruction flight).

Accident investigation: