Narrative:
Crashed into a hill while trying to land on a mine airstrip in gusty winds and turbulence.
One of the three surviving passengers died of injuries two weeks later.
» El Informador 25 May 1996, p14D
accident date: 10-05-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N201E
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 10 May 1996 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Aero Servicios Empresariales |
| Registration: | XA-SWJ |
| MSN: | 126 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Santa Maria de Otaez ( Mexico)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Durango-Guadalupe Victoria Airport (DGO/MMDO), Mexico |
| Santa Maria de Otaez, Mexico |
Crashed into a hill while trying to land on a mine airstrip in gusty winds and turbulence.
One of the three surviving passengers died of injuries two weeks later.
Sources:
» Scramble 205» El Informador 25 May 1996, p14D
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accident date: 10-05-1996
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N201E
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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