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| Date: | Wednesday 15 June 2022 |
| Time: | c. 18:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HC-AKG |
| MSN: | 27-2926 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pilaló, Cotopaxi -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) |
| Quevedo-Don Roque Airfield (SERQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Ecuador |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C, HC-AKG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Pilaló, Ecuador.
The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured.
Preliminary information provided from a video captured by the passenger suggests the aircraft was flown at high altitude over high terrain. The instruments shown in the video showed the following: low oil pressure, high engine rpm and low manifold pressure.
The aircraft came down in mountainous terrain in Tungurahua, Ecuador. The elevation of the accident site was around 4000-5000m (~1600 feet). The airplane came to the rest upright and was intact, the nose section exhibited heavy impact damage, both wings remained attached to the fuselage but were impact damaged, the empennage remained and intact and was not damaged. The accident sequence is consistent with an attempted forced/hard landing.
Both occupants were not wearing their respective seatbelt/safety equipment and were fatally injured during the accident sequence.
Sources:
https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/actualidad/44/dos-fallecidos-tras-accidente-de-una-avioneta
https://www.aviacioncivil.gob.ec/dos-personas-fallecidas-en-accidente-de-aeronave/
self
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/128560
Media:
#URGENTE La aeronave detectada por la FAE presentó ayer el plan de vuelo Shell Mera-Quevedo y, aproximadamente a las 18h40 desapareció del control radar. Hoy cumpliendo con los procedimientos, un helicóptero H-145 procedió a la búsqueda, identificando el sector del siniestro pic.twitter.com/lo8gxB2z33
— Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (@FuerzaAereaEc) June 16, 2022
#ÚltimaHora
— Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (@FuerzaAereaEc) June 16, 2022
Informamos que nuestras unidades de rescate, al llegar al sitio del siniestro, lamentablemente encontraron fallecidas a las dos personas que conformaban la tripulación de la aeronave de matrícula HC AKG PIPER-23. pic.twitter.com/gyYCUZvPCW
FAE localiza aeronave siniestrada 👇 pic.twitter.com/LmpPA9gJn4
— Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (@FuerzaAereaEc) June 16, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2022 05:46 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Jun-2022 07:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 07:27 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 08:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jun-2022 23:36 | Captain Adam | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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