ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57748
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| Date: | Thursday 19 September 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 342L Gazelle |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | E-3.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Coca -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into a jungle river during a sortie from an unspecified base nearby. The pilot was killed and two US military passengers, Navy Lt Juan Alvarez critical and Navy SEAL PO2C Matthew Moore serious injured.
Sources:
Scramble 308
AFM JAN 2005, p74
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2016 21:12 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2021 06:44 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2021 06:46 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
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