Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 24 May 2007
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: Fuerza Area del Peru – FAP
Registration Number: FAP-303
Location: near Pampa Hermosa –
ÿ Peru
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 20
Category: Accident
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Description
The Twin Otter operated on a flight from Iquitos Airport (SPQT) to Pucallpa (SPCL) with en route stops at Requena (SPQN), Orellana, Pampa Hermosa (SPPH), and Contamana (SPCM). It departed Iquitos at 11:37 and landed in Requena at 12:10. Ten minutes later the Twin Otter departed again, heading for Orellana, where it arrived at 13:10. Departure from Orellana was at 16:25. At 17:45 an ELT signal was received. The wreckage was found in mountainous area; seven passengers had survived the accident.
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