| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1978 |
| Time: | 07:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Jamaica Defence Force-Air Wing |
| Registration: | JDFT-6 |
| MSN: | 531 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base -
 Jamaica
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base |
| Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base |
The Twin Otter was used on a training flight at Up Park Camp. Whilst in the circuit for the third landing, the pilots were going practiced a simulated engine failure. The aircraft was then seen to bank to the left and crashed on a cricket pitch about west of the airstrip. The aircraft caught fire after impact.
Sources:
Air International 05/0,p 315
The Gleaner (May 18, 1978)
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