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 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | El Capricho area -
Ecuador
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) |
Destination airport: | Tena Airport (SETE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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.
Sources:
5 muertos tras caída de Avión militar (El Universo, 20-1-2011) URGENTE: Avión Twin Otter de la FAE se accidentó (FAE)
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Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2011/20110120_DHC6_FAE449_18972.jpg)
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU); 05 January 2000
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