Narrative:
During takeoff, after V1, the pilot turned immediately right, causing the right wing to touch the ground. The aircraft then crashed.
Reportedly the Pilot Flying was a Mirage jet pilot. When ATC requested the flight to expedite the takeoff, the pilot made a right hand turn at low altitude, without realizing the Twin Otter's wing span.
» Jose Velasco (e-mail, 12-10-2018)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1998 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 935 |
| MSN: | 7 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF) ( Chile)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA), Chile |
| Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA), Chile |
During takeoff, after V1, the pilot turned immediately right, causing the right wing to touch the ground. The aircraft then crashed.
Reportedly the Pilot Flying was a Mirage jet pilot. When ATC requested the flight to expedite the takeoff, the pilot made a right hand turn at low altitude, without realizing the Twin Otter's wing span.
Sources:
» Werner Fischdick» Jose Velasco (e-mail, 12-10-2018)
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