Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 17 May 1978
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: Jamaica Defence Force-Air Wing
Registration Number: JDFT-6
Location: Kingston-Up Park Camp Air Base –
ÿ Jamaica
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Category: Accident
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Description
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.
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