Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 OCT 1992 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de la Selva - TANS |
| Registration: | OB-1155 |
| C/n / msn: | 379 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lake Caballochoa (Peru) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The float-equipped aircraft crashed into a lake following an engine failure. The aircraft carried a dual military registration FAP306.
Sources:
» Scramble 163
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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.
