Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 20 JAN 2011 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE449 |
| C/n / msn: | 834 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | El Capricho area (Ecuador)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SEPA), Ecuador |
| Tena Airport (SETE), Ecuador |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 plane, serial FAE449, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at El Capricho area, Ecuador.
The airplane was serving isolated communities of the Amazon, as part of a special economic air program of the ECORAE - Instituto para el Ecodesarrollo Regional Amazónico.
Sources:
» 5 muertos tras caída de Avión militar (El Universo, 20-1-2011)
» URGENTE: Avión Twin Otter de la FAE se accidentó (FAE)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport to Tena Airport as the crow flies is 63 km (40 miles).
Distance from Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport to Tena Airport as the crow flies is 63 km (40 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.
