Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 FEB 1996 |
| Time: | 06:56 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | AVCOM - Aviones Comerciales De Guatemala |
| Registration: | TG-JAK |
| C/n / msn: | 714 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5644 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | El Zapotal, Cobán, Alta Verapaz (Guatemala)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT), Guatemala |
| Cancábal, Guatemala |
The Twin Otter departed Guatemala City at 06:30 on a ferry flight to Cancábal. On approach, the captain descended into the clouds below MDA. The airplane contacted trees and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» DGAC Guatemala
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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.
