Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 APR 1994 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE450 |
| C/n / msn: | 436 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mt. Lozan (Ecuador) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Taura Airport (SETA), Ecuador |
| Latacunga Airport (SELT), Ecuador |
The aircraft struck a cloud-shrouded mountain at 13400 feet (300 feet below the summit) while climbing to FL155.
Sources:
» Flight International 16-22.8.95(39)
» Scramble 183
» Scramble 181
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Distance from Taura Airport to Latacunga Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (119 miles).
Distance from Taura Airport to Latacunga Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (119 miles).
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
- 173rd loss
- 844 built
- 14th worst accident (at the time)
- 24th worst accident (currently)
Ecuador- 17th worst accident (at the time)
- 19th worst accident (currently)