Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 NOV 1984 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | TAME Ecuador |
| Registration: | HC-BCG |
| C/n / msn: | 446 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Ecuador) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Loja Airport (LOH/SELO), Ecuador |
| Zumba Airport (SEZP), Ecuador |
The Twin Otter flew into a hill. The airplane carried a dual military serial: FAE-446.
Sources:
» Flight International 26.01.1985 (13)
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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.
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DHC-6 Twin Otter
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