Narrative:
The airplane departed from Bagua, Peru, about 06:17 MDT conducting an aerial geological survey near the disputed boarder with Ecuador, in the Cenepa River area over dense Amazon jungle. The airplane did not return to Bagua, and there are no known recorded radio communications with N245GW. Search and rescue operations have been uneventful, according to the Peruvian DGCA.
accident date: 09-03-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N245GW
accident date: 09-03-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N245GW
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 9 March 1996 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Carson Helicopters |
| Registration: | N245GW |
| MSN: | 129 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Bagua ( Peru)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Survey/research |
| Departure airport: | Bagua Airport (SPGU), Peru |
| Bagua Airport (SPGU), Peru |
The airplane departed from Bagua, Peru, about 06:17 MDT conducting an aerial geological survey near the disputed boarder with Ecuador, in the Cenepa River area over dense Amazon jungle. The airplane did not return to Bagua, and there are no known recorded radio communications with N245GW. Search and rescue operations have been uneventful, according to the Peruvian DGCA.
Sources:
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accident date: 09-03-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N245GW
accident date: 09-03-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N245GW
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