Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 MAY 1978 |
| Time: | ca 07:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Jamaica Defence Force-Air Wing |
| Registration: | JDFT-6 |
| C/n / msn: | 531 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base (Jamaica)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base, Jamaica |
| Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base, Jamaica |
The Twin Otter was used on a training flight at Up Park Camp. Whilst in the circuit for the third landing, the pilots were going practiced a simulated engine failure. The aircraft was then seen to bank to the left and crashed on a cricket pitch about west of the airstrip. The aircraft caught fire after impact.
Sources:
» Air International 05/0,p 315
» The Gleaner (May 18, 1978)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base to Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base to Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
