Narrative:
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.
» URGENTE: Avión Twin Otter de la FAE se accidentó (FAE)
accident date: 20-01-2011
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
registration: FAE449
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Thursday 20 January 2011 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE449 |
| MSN: | 834 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | El Capricho area ( Ecuador)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM), 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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accident date: 20-01-2011
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
registration: FAE449
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).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport to Tena Airport as the crow flies is 63 km (40 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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