Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter FAC-1115, Friday 29 August 1997
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Date:Friday 29 August 1997
Time:c. 19:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:SATENA
Registration: FAC-1115
MSN: 820
Year of manufacture:1983
Fatalities:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 mi from Puerto Inírida, Guainía -   Colombia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Felipe, Guainía
Destination airport:Puerto Inírida/Obando Airport (PDA), Guainía
Narrative:
Crashed. Two crew and seven passengers.

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/820.htm
El Informador 30 August 1997, p12A

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

8 October 1994 FAC-1115 SATENA 0 Mitú Airport sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
17-Nov-2010 11:28 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Nov-2010 10:50 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Apr-2018 16:22 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Apr-2018 16:24 TB Updated [Narrative, ]

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