Date:	Thursday 20 January 2011
Time:	15:45
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
Registration:	FAE449
MSN:	834
Year of manufacture:	1986
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	El Capricho area -   Ecuador
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM)
Destination airport:	Tena Airport (SETE)

Narrative:
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 plane, serial FAE449, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at El Capricho area, Ecuador.
The airplane was serving isolated communities of the Amazon, as part of a special economic air program of the ECORAE - Instituto para el Ecodesarrollo Regional Amazónico.

5 muertos tras caída de Avión militar (El Universo, 20-1-2011)
URGENTE: Avión Twin Otter de la FAE se accidentó (FAE)

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU); 05 January 2000

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