Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 AUG 1992 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de la Selva - TANS |
| Registration: | OB-1153 |
| C/n / msn: | 316 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near San Antonio del Estrecho (Peru) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The float-equipped Twin Otter crashed into the jungle 35 yds from the Algodon River when attempting an emergency landing after power loss of the engines.
The airplane carried the dual military serial FAP304.
Sources:
» Flight International
» Scramble 161
» Scramble 162
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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.
