Incident Overview
Date: Friday 22 May 1981
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: TAME Ecuador
Registration Number: HC-BAX
Location: near Zumba –
ÿ Ecuador
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: DHC-6 Twin OtterDHC-6 Twin Otter
Category: Accident
On May 21 or 22, a DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into a mountain near Zumba, Ecuador, resulting in the deaths of all 18 passengers and crew. The incident occurred during formation flight with the Presidential Beechcraft 200 on May 24, 1981, and the Beech 200 was killed. The newspaper reports at the time did not report the simultaneous accident of the Twin Otter.On May 21 or 22, a DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into a mountain near Zumba, Ecuador, resulting in the deaths of all 18 passengers and crew. The incident occurred during formation flight with the Presidential Beechcraft 200 on May 24, 1981, and the Beech 200 was killed. The newspaper reports at the time did not report the simultaneous accident of the Twin Otter.
Description
A DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, operated by TAME Ecuador and registered HC-BAX/FAE-457, was destroyed when it crashed into the side of a mountain. All 18 on board were killed. Several reports indicate the plane crashed on May 21 or May 22 near Zumba, Ecuador. Other reports suggest that the Twin Otter crashed while flying in formation with the Presidential Beechcraft 200 on May 24, 1981. This accident happened near Macar , Ecuador, killing Ecuadorian President Jaime Rold¢s Aguilera aboard the Beech 200. Newspaper reported at the time do however not report the simultaneous accident of the Twin Otter. It is thus considered probable that the Twin Otter crashed in a separate accident a few days earlier.
Primary Cause
Possible separate accident preceding the crash.Possible separate accident preceding the crash.Share on:
