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| Date: | Monday 8 May 2023 |
| Time: | c. 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182F Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Kashurco |
| Registration: | HC-CJL |
| MSN: | 18254743 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Río Amazonas Airport (PTZ/SESM), Shell Mera, Pastaza -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | SEOH |
| Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 182F Skylane crashed about 500m from runway 30 of Río Amazonas Airport (PTZ/SESM), Shell Mera, Pastaza.
Two occupants died and one suffered serious burning injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Sources:
https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/pastaza-heroico-acto-expolicia-accidente-aereo-shell-159799.html
https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/sucesos/shell-pastaza-muertos-accidente-avioneta/
https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2023/05/08/accidente-de-avioneta-en-pastaza-deja-tres-fallecidos/
https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/0*489h22KJHxnlTD2B (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N3342U Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 January 1964 | N3343U | Private | 1 | Near Thermopolis, WY |  |
w/o |
Location
Media:
— DGAC Ecuador (DAC) (@DGAC_Ecuador) May 8, 2023
Urgente: una avioneta Cessna 182, de matrícula HC-CJL, de Aero Kashurco, cayó cerca del cementerio de Shell, en #Pastaza, en la entrada a Madre Tierra. El piloto está identificado como Sebastián P,. iban dos médicos, que retornaban a Shell Mera. Vía: Confeniae. pic.twitter.com/EkEbZbSDpF
— Christian Sánchez Mendieta (@Sanchezmendieta) May 8, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2023 18:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-May-2023 19:16 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Aug-2025 07:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
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