Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1981 |
| Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100 |
| Operator: | Guyana Civil Aviation Department |
| Registration: | 8R-GFF |
| C/n / msn: | SH.1966 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | within Guyana (Guyana)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Struck a cloud-covered mountain.
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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.
