Détails:
A DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, operated by TAME Ecuador and registered HC-BAX/FAE-457, was destroyed when it crashed into the side of a mountain. All 18 on board were killed.
Several reports indicate the plane crashed on May 21 or May 22 near Zumba, Ecuador.
Other reports suggest that the Twin Otter crashed while flying in formation with the Presidential Beechcraft 200 on May 24, 1981. This accident happened near Macará, Ecuador, killing Ecuadorian President Jaime Roldós Aguilera aboard the Beech 200. Newspaper reported at the time do however not report the simultaneous accident of the Twin Otter. It is thus considered probable that the Twin Otter crashed in a separate accident a few days earlier.
» Turbo Prop Airliner Production List / J. Roach, A.B. Eastwood (2007)
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 22 mai 1981 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Compagnie: | TAME Ecuador |
| Immatriculation: | HC-BAX |
| Numéro de série: | 457 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1975 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 15 / à bord: 15 |
| Total: | victimes: 18 / à bord: 18 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Zumba ( Equateur)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Equateur |
| Macara Airport (MRR/SEMA), Equateur |
A DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, operated by TAME Ecuador and registered HC-BAX/FAE-457, was destroyed when it crashed into the side of a mountain. All 18 on board were killed.
Several reports indicate the plane crashed on May 21 or May 22 near Zumba, Ecuador.
Other reports suggest that the Twin Otter crashed while flying in formation with the Presidential Beechcraft 200 on May 24, 1981. This accident happened near Macará, Ecuador, killing Ecuadorian President Jaime Roldós Aguilera aboard the Beech 200. Newspaper reported at the time do however not report the simultaneous accident of the Twin Otter. It is thus considered probable that the Twin Otter crashed in a separate accident a few days earlier.
Sources:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999» Turbo Prop Airliner Production List / J. Roach, A.B. Eastwood (2007)
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport et Macara Airport est de 496 km (310 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport et Macara Airport est de 496 km (310 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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