Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 09 MAR 2012 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea del Peru - FAP |
| Registration: | FAP-317 |
| C/n / msn: | 324 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Laguna Caballococha, Ramón Castilla, Loreto (Peru)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Iquitos Airport (IQT/SPQT), Peru |
| Caballococha Airport (SPBC), Peru |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter passenger plane sustained substantial damage in a hard water landing at Laguna Caballococha, Peru. The eight passengers and three crew members survived the accident.
The float-equipped airplane landed hard in a lagoon, causing the right hand pontoon to collapse. The airplane sank.
Sources:
» Defensa.com
» La Republica
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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 Iquitos Airport to Caballococha Airport as the crow flies is 310 km (194 miles).
Distance from Iquitos Airport to Caballococha Airport as the crow flies is 310 km (194 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.
