Accident Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub HC-AHD,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70624
 
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Date:Friday 25 September 2009
Time:15:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub
Owner/operator:FUMIPALMA
Registration: HC-AHD
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:nr Barbones, provincia de El Oro -   Ecuador
Phase: Approach
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:El Guabo
Destination airport:El Guabo
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed onto a railway, fell into a drainage ditch and burned.
The Accident Investigation Board believes that the probable cause of the accident was the loss of control in flight at low altitude by the pilot in command, while conducting maneuvers in order to get reacquainted with the operating characteristics of the aircraft Piper PA-18, which stopped flying since January 12, 2005.

Sources:

http://www.dgac.gov.ec/Espa%C3%B1ol/Seguridad%20de%20Vuelos/09%20PIPER%20PA-18-150.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Dec-2009 09:41 harro Added
15-Jan-2011 03:29 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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