Date: | Wednesday 25 April 2007 |
Time: | |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander |
Owner/operator: | Air Services Limited - ASL |
Registration: | 8R-GET |
MSN: | 484 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kopinang -
Guyana
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kato Airport (KTO/SYKT) |
Destination airport: | Kopinang Airfield (SYKO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Islander operated on a flight from Ogle to Kato, Kopinang and Madhia before returning to Ogle. The aircraft landed at Kato (KTO) and spent approximately two hours on the ground because of bad weather before departing at 13:45 hrs on a twenty minute flight to Kopinang. En route the airplane contacted trees and crashed.
Sources:
Three die in crash (Stabroek News, 27-4-2007)
Aviation Authority investigating aircraft crash (Government Information Agency (GINA), 27-4-2007)
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